Voorhees Township, NJ — Ashland-Osage-Woodcrest War Memorial
Freedom is not free. Sometimes, it comes at a very high cost.
The Voorhees Township Ashland-Osage-Woodcrest War Memorial.
This monument is located near a church on West Evesham Road (County Road 544) between Haddonfield-Berlin Road (County Road 561) and Burnt Mill Road (County Road 670) in Voorhees, NJ. It honors those from the Ashland, Osage, and Woodcrest neighborhoods of Voorhees Township and Cherry Hill, NJ.
Roll of Honor
World War I
| Name | Rank | Branch | Unit | Born | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Diaz | PFC | Army | 312th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division |
World War II
| Name | Rank | Branch | Unit | Born | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert F. Callen Jr. | COX | Coast Guard | |||
| William R. Callen | SGT | Army | Company I, 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division | ||
| Glenn Curtis | Merchant Marine | SS Meriwether Lewis | 1924 | ||
| Thomas William Dare | M2C | Navy | USS Ingraham (DD-444) | ||
| Herbert Goldberg | SSGT | Army | 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division | ||
| A. Raymond Helder | 2LT | Air Force | 372nd Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Group, Heavy |
Memorial Photographs
Details of the Voorhees Township Ashland-Osage-Woodcrest War Memorial.
HMT Rohna
Six men from Camden, NJ — Frank Ballerino, Michael Carr, Michael Yachus, Stephen V. Koscianski, Lewis Riondino, and Joseph H. Johnson — died together when the troop transport HMT 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, Merl Reagle of Lindenwold, and Elmer F. Day of Merchantville, were also 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.