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Collingswood, N.J. — Korea & Vietnam War Memorial

Camden County, N.J. War Memorials

Collingswood, N.J. — Korea & Vietnam War Memorial

Collingswood, N.J. Korea & Vietnam War Memorial

The Collingswood, N.J. Korea & Vietnam War Memorial.

Collingswood Korea & Vietnam War Memorial Map of Knight Park, Collingswood, N.J.

The Collingswood Korea & Vietnam War Memorial and a map of Knight Park.

Situated near one corner of Collingswood N.J.’s historic Knight Park, this monument is inscribed with the names of three men who gave their lives in the service of our nation during the Korean War, and seven who lost their lives in Vietnam.

Collingswood Korea & Vietnam War Memorial panel Collingswood Korea & Vietnam War Memorial panel

The Collingswood Korea & Vietnam War Memorial panels.

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In Honor of Those Who Served Our Nation — Korea

Name Rank Branch Unit Born Died
Franklin Goulburn LTJG Navy Patrol Squadron 9 (VP-9) 7/9/1927 6/21/1951
George Moffett Jr.
Richard B. Green PFC Army 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division 1931 10/29/1951

In Honor of Those Who Served Our Nation — Vietnam

Name Rank Branch Unit Born Died
Christopher Cowen SGT Army 9th Infantry Division 7/6/1947 7/15/1968
John Dennis Leary LCPL Marines Company I, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division 7/8/1948 4/27/1969
David Lummis SGT USMC 5/25/1949 10/4/1982
John Joseph McCarthy SGT Army 4th Infantry Division 9/26/1948 5/7/1970
Robert Morris SP4 Army 199th Light Infantry Brigade 12/19/1947 5/13/1968
Ronald Osborne 2LT Army Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Artillery Regiment, 196th Light Infantry Brigade 3/16/1941 12/14/1966
Stephen Walter Young 2LT Army MACV Advisors 12/20/1945 9/6/1969

HMTS Rohna

Six men from Camden, N.J. — 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 off 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, Merle Reagle of Lindenwold, and Elmer F. Day of Merchantville — 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.

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