Oaklyn, N.J. — World War I Memorial

This monument is situated in front of the Oaklyn Borough Hall on the White Horse Pike (US Route 30). It bears the name of the 41 borough residents who served in World War I, and is in memory of Tasker H. Davidson, who was killed in action on October 27th, 1918. There is also a plaque on the grounds dedicated to all who served in World War I and World War II, donated by the local posts of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Another monument in Oaklyn, located at the corner of W. Collingswood and Newton Avenues in front of the Oaklyn Memorial Library, honors those who died in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

Dedicated to the Boys of the Borough of Oaklyn who answered their country’s call in the World War 1917–1918.

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 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 — 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