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Collingswood, N.J. — WWII War Memorial

Camden County, N.J. War Memorials

Collingswood, N.J. — WWII War Memorial

Collingswood, N.J. WWII War Memorial Collingswood, N.J. WWII War Memorial closeup

The Collingswood, N.J. WWII War Memorial.

This monument is located at historic Knight Park in Collingswood, N.J. Situated near one corner of Knight Park, this monument is inscribed with the names of 50 men and 1 woman who gave their lives in the service of our nation during World War II.

Collingswood honors those who served in World War II Collingswood WWII War Memorial roster, left panel Collingswood WWII War Memorial roster, right panel

The Collingswood WWII War Memorial roster panels.

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They Gave Their Lives in World War II

Name Rank Branch Unit Born Died
Charles M. Adams 1LT AAF 1328th Air Force Base Unit 9/17/1944
Herbert R. Beebe 2LT AAF 8/23/1944
Burton A. Bingham SGT Army 237th Engineer Combat Bn. 6/10/1944
Christopher M. Buchler PVT Army Battery D, 112th Field Artillery Regiment 1921 10/6/1944
Clarence C. Carson, Jr. PFC USMC Naval Ammunition Depot 8/24/1927 2/8/1946
Thomas C. Clark PFC Army 1945
Robert J. Clarke, Jr. SSGT Army 5/2/1945
Robert J. Cosgrove CPL AAF 321st Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Group 11/10/1945
Edward F. Drew, Jr. 1LT Army 4/9/1918 1/13/1945
Benjamin W. Dyl TSGT Army 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division 1916 2/5/1945
Alan B. Eadline PVT Army 182nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Infantry Division 2/28/1945
Lloyd L. Eadline 2LT AAF 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group 2/24/1945
Robert Frazee PVT USMC 6/14/1942
William Bernard Fulmer 2LT Army 6/6/1919 7/6/1944
Lester P. Glaser 2LT AAF 570th Bomber Squadron, 390th Bomber Group, Heavy 7/21/1923 7/7/1944
Daniel P. Glenn PVT Army 1918 12/8/1944
Edward Joseph Higgins PFC Army 9th Infantry Division 3/2/1945
Janice E. Hirst 2LT Army 8/15/1946
Joseph Parker Hittorff, Jr. ENS Navy USS Oklahoma 12/2/1916 12/7/1941
Beaumont R. Hunter PFC Army 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division 4/3/1945
Andrew Blair Jakway, Jr. S2C Navy USS Barton 11/15/1924 11/14/1943
Albert Janov PVT Army 9/10/1944
Wilbur C. Keckhut FC1C Navy USS Ingraham DD-694 1/17/1920 5/5/1945
Harry E. King PVT Army 108th Field Artillery Bn., 28th Infantry Division 1923 8/2/1944
Robert C. Lane PVT Army 1/23/1919 4/30/1943
William B. Lickfield SGT Army 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division 7/17/1944
John S. MacLaughlin, Jr. LTC USMC 1/26/1945
William J. McAvoy 1LT Army 84th Field Artillery Battalion, 9th Infantry Division 3/30/1943
Walter H. Marshall CPL AAF 32nd Photographic Squadron, 5th Reconnaissance Group 3/15/1921 4/20/1944
William B. Mason LT CMNDR Navy USS Capelin SS-289 8/23/1915 12/1/1943
John J. McKelvey PFC Army Company H, 165th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division 4/22/1920 7/22/1944
Albert F. Miller EM2C Navy
John W. Myrtetus 1LT AAF 612th Bomber Squadron, 401st Bomber Group 7/25/1918 6/25/1944
Robert E. Price SGT Army Company I, 3rd Battalion, 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division 2/22/1945
Robert J. Pierce CPL Army 8/6/1944
Robert F. Regnier 2LT Army 830th Bomb Squadron, 485th Bomb Group (H) 1/20/1945
Edward H. Ringgold, III SGT Army 25th Bombardment Squadron, 40th Bombardment Group (VH) 6/1944
William K. Roper PVT Army 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division 1/9/1918 2/10/1944
Stanley L. Rosen 2LT AAF
William J. Shallcross SSGT AAF 444th Bomber Group 5/27/1923 8/2/1944
James Shimel PFC Army 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division 9/2/1944
Walter Hamilton Simon S1C Navy USS Arizona 7/18/1918 12/7/1941
William Solomon HA1C Navy 3/12/1910 4/29/1944
Bruce O. Somers TSGT Army
William Lewis Thomas S2C Navy USS Hancock CV-19 4/7/1945
Albert Thompson SSGT Army 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division 1/17/1944
Wallace G. Wickes SGT AAF 5/21/1943
Walter Wilbraham PVT Army Co. G, 10th Coast Artillery 1/16/1942
William J. Wilner Jr. PFC Army 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division 2/16/1922 11/30/1944
William N. Wolfert, Jr. TSGT Army 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division 8/20/1914 7/19/1944
David Young PVT Army 1920 3/12/1945

Beverly National Cemetery

Name Cemetery Plot
Edward F. Drew, Jr. A O 10
John J. McKelvey F 1754 F
William K. Roper D RES941-942
William Solomon f 18011

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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