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William Callen

Sergeant, U.S. Army

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Company I
398th Infantry Regiment
100th Infantry Division

Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died: November 20, 1944
          Buried at: Plot F O 1868
                            Beverly National Cemetery
                            Beverly NJ
Awards: Purple Heart

William Callen rests next to his brother Albert Callen, who died in an accident in the Philippines on April 29, 1945.


SERGEANT WILLIAM CALLEN, 23, of Camden NJ, was killed in action on November 20, 1944. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Callen, who lived on 7th Avenue in the Ashland neighborhood on the border of Voorhees Township and what was then Delaware Township NJ.  William Callen had married and was living and working in Camden NJ as an employee of the New York Shipbuilding Company. His address was reported as 28 Church Street, Camden NJ in the December 14 edition of the Camden Courier-Post, and as 416 Chambers Avenue in the January 17, 1945 edition. He had entered the Army in December of 1942. 

William Callen was survived by his wife Eleanor, his parents, a sister May, and a brother Albert who was serving in the Coast Guard. Albert died while in service in 1945. 


28
Church Street

April 18, 2004

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Camden Courier-Post * June 16, 1948



William Callen


BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army

HOMETOWN
Cherry Hill, NJ

HONORED BY
Ms. Mary C. Ober, Sister

 
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
'U.S. RANGER'

 


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