Freedom is not free. Sometimes, it comes at a very high cost. 

WESTMONT, N.J.
WAR MEMORIAL

Westmont (Haddon Township) NJ

Located on Haddon Avenue at West Walnut Street in Westmont (Haddon Township) NJ, this monument is dedicated to Westmont residents who made the supreme sacrifice for our country in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam

 

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OUR HEROES

To These Dead We Owe Our Gratitude * 1941-1945
Donald Chant Bohn 1LT ARMY 414th Infantry Regiment,
 104th Infantry Division 		10/2/1923 4/19/1945
Joseph J. Bollinger, Jr. PVT ARMY

47th Infantry Regiment,
 9th Infantry Division

   6/25/1944
Robert A. Cain FO AIR FORCE   1923 2/12/1945
Kenneth S. Campbell RM1C NAVY

USS ESCOLAR

   11/14/1945
Howard Leon Chatelaine SGT AIR FORCE 367th Bomber Squadron
306th Bomber Group(H)		 11/24/1923 1/11/1944
Joseph Charles Daley PVT ARMY 141st Infantry Regiment
36th Infantry Division		 2/25/1925 1/22/1944
William A. Dougherty 2LT ARMY      
Charles J. Fay MAJ ARMY Headquarters
US Army 
Service of Supply		   2/2/1944
Spencer E. Fox SSGT AAF   4/5/1923 4/12/1944
Walter D. Hansen TEC4 ARMY   1915 2/13/1945
William M. Hernandez, Sr. LTCOL ARMY 628th Tank Destroyer Bn   8/20/1944
Howard Thomas Keller PVT ARMY     3/27/1945
Arthur R. Keiter PVT ARMY 817th Ordinance Base
Depot Company		   9/11/1943
John A. Lofland 1LT AIR FORCE India-China Wing
Air Transport Command 		1912 6/14/1944
William H. McFadden III S2C NAVY     11/13/1942
Charles R. Sapio PFC ARMY

76th General Hospital

 8/18/1924 1/8/45
Irving C. Sheridan       1919  
Joseph H. Sloan SSGT AIR FORCE   3/19/1911 11/30/1944
Elwood Kenneth Van Horn TM3C NAVY     1/30/1946
James L. Young CWO

ARMY

   11/19/1883 6/15/1944

IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SERVED OUR NATION
KOREA June1950- January 1955  
Warren Zinn PFC MARINES C Co., 1st Bn, 
1st Marines,
1st Marine Division 		3/16/1930 9/20/1951

VIETNAM December 1961- May 1975  
William A. Comly CPL MARINES   3/6/1950 3/11/1970

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  HMTS ROHNA

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 K. 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. 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.

THE ROHNA DISASTER
CAMDEN COUNTY INTERNET WAR MEMORIAL

The Rohna Survivors Memorial Association

MSNBC Coverage - Tom Brokaw
Read the article or see the video
     

CAMDEN COUNTY NJ
  MONUMENTS & WAR MEMORIALS

       Click links to visit web-pages on these memorials, and to visit "virtual memorials" to Camden County's fallen heroes.

GUEST BOOK & E-MAIL
     As 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
Name Plot
Joseph Charles Daley D 0992
Joseph H. Sloan F 1800