Pennsauken, N.J. — Jewish War Veterans Memorial
The Pennsauken Jewish War Veterans Memorial at Crescent Burial Park.
Situated at Crescent Burial Park on Route 130 South and Union Avenue in Pennsauken, N.J., this monument was donated by Furer-Barag Post #126 of the Jewish War Veterans on September 12, 1982. It is named in memory of John Furer and Herbert Barag, who gave their lives for America in World War II.
HMTS Rohna
One man listed above, Jacob Kessler Jenkins, 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 — 19-year-old Harry V. Taylor Jr. of Haddonfield, William McKeon of Blackwood, Merl Reagle of Lindenwold, Carl Johanson of Pennsauken, 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.