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BETTLEWOOD WAR MEMORIAL |
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If you have information or
pictures which you would like to see included on this website, please
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Curt Arnold of Oaklyn NJ surfed into the main website and wrote me about this monument, which I was unaware of. Phil Cohen, May 2002
In the Bettlewod section of Haddon Township, which due
to geography is often described as Oaklyn, is another monument, to those
from that section who served. It is in front of the Jennings School at E.
Cedar and Johnson Avenues- The Bettlewood monument was dedicated on Memorial Day, 1949. |
| BETTLEWOOD HONORS ITS WAR DEAD | ||||
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| CLICK ON PICTURES FOR ENLARGED AND ENHANCED VIEWING | ||||
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| IN THE GLORY OF THEIR YOUTH WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM | ||||
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Camden Courier-Post May 21, 1949 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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| Name | Rank | Branch | Unit | Born | Died |
| WILLIAM J. GIGGENBACH JR. | 1LT | ARMY | MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE | 7/19/1917 | 12/27/1944 |
| JOHN J. HAGAN JR. | SSGT | ARMY |
12th Infantry
Regiment 4th Infantry Division |
1919 | 7/15/1944 |
| S1C | NAVY | USS ARIZONA | 12/7/1941 | ||
| JAMES E. SPILLANE JR. | 2LT | AIR FORCE | 1919 | 12/18/1944 | |
| JOSEPH NORMAN VANDERGRIFT | TSGT | ARMY |
Company G 60th Infantry Regiment 9th Infantry Division |
4/21/1916 | 8/3/1944 |
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CLICK ON THE BLUE LINKS FOR MORE ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL |
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Six men from Camden NJ, Frank Ballerino, Michael Carr, Michael Yachus, Stephen V. Koscianski, Lewis Riondino, and Joseph H. Johnson died together when the troop transport HMTS Rohna was struck by a German guided glider bomb and sank of the coast of North Africa. In addition, six other Camden County men, Jacob Kessler Jenkins and Carl Johanson of Pennsauken, 19 year-old Harry V. Taylor Jr. of Haddonfield, William McKeon of Blackwood, Merl Reagle of Lindenwold, and Elmer F. Day of Merchantville and also were lost that day. Many other South Jersey men were also killed. In total, 1,015 men were lost, but the story was never told to the families or the general public for over 57 years due to wartime censorship. |
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MSNBC
Coverage - Tom Brokaw |
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Click links to visit web-pages on these memorials, and to visit "virtual memorials" to Camden County's fallen heroes. |
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GUEST BOOK & E-MAIL |
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of this date, February 6, 2002 I have not erected a guest-book. Please
e-mail all comments to phil552@reagan.com.
If you would like your comment published in the upcoming guest-book,
please let me know.- Phil Cohen, Camden NJ |
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Beverly National Cemetery |
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| NAME | CEMETERY PLOT |
| WILLIAM J. GIGGENBACH, JR. | E 2039 |
