Pennsauken, N.J. — POW/MIA Memorial

Located in Cooper River Park in Pennsauken, N.J., this monument was erected in 1998 and is dedicated to the Prisoners of War and Missing in Action from the five major wars of the 20th century.

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. Six other Camden County men — Jacob Kessler Jenkins and Carl Johanson of Pennsauken, Harry V. Taylor Jr. of Haddonfield, William McKeon of Blackwood, Merl Reagle of Lindenwold, and Elmer F. Day of Merchantville — and eight other South Jersey men 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.

• Camden County, N.J. Monuments & War Memorials