Gloucester Township, N.J. — War Memorial

Located on Chews Landing Road in Gloucester Township, this monument bears the names of Gloucester Township residents lost in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. It must be noted that there are a few errors on the monument, which are corrected in the tables below. Similar errors have turned up on other monuments, and can be attributed to the fact that the monuments are erected years after the events commemorated, and the surviving families are no longer around to ensure correct spelling and accurate details.

One man memorialized here, William McKeon of Blackwood, along with 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, five other Camden County men — Jacob Kessler Jenkins and Carl Johanson of Pennsauken, 19-year-old Harry V. Taylor Jr. of Haddonfield, 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.

• The Rohna Disaster — Camden County Internet War Memorial
• MSNBC Coverage — Tom Brokaw
• The Rohna Survivors Memorial Association