Albert F. Callen Jr.
Coxswain Albert F. Callen Jr.
Rank: Coxswain, U.S. Coast Guard
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Burial: Plot F O 1869, Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, NJ
Biography
Coxswain Albert Francis Callen Jr. was born on December 10, 1918. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Callen Sr. of Seventh Avenue, Ashland, NJ, on the border of Voorhees Township and what was then Delaware Township. He enlisted in the Coast Guard in December 1941. He served along the Eastern Coast of the United States and in the Pacific, including stations in New Guinea and other Pacific islands.
Albert Callen was scheduled to receive a medical discharge on April 11, 1945. However, he requested his commanding officer to permit him to stay in the service for the duration. He was reassigned the same day to Okinawa. While waiting for the LST to take him there, Coxswain Callen was crushed beneath an overturned truck. He died April 29, 1945, and was buried in Tacloban cemetery, Leyte. After the war, his remains were returned to the United States and he was reinterred at Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly, NJ, in adjoining graves with his brother, Sergeant William Callen, who had been killed in France on November 20, 1944. He was survived by his parents, his sister Mary, and his brother William’s widow Eleanor.
Boy Shot By Air Gun May Lose Sight of Eye
Camden Courier-Post —
Allen Callen, 9 years old, of Ashland, may lose the sight of his right eye as the result of being struck by a missile fired accidentally from an air rifle in the hands of James Ulrich, Jr., 11 years old, a playmate, yesterday. The injured boy’s father, John Callen, took him to West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital. Doctors examined the boy and said he will never fully recover his sight. They said that either a BB shot or a match was the missile that had been fired into Albert’s eye.
The father said the shooting was purely an accident. He refused to name the other boy. His name was learned later by Delaware township police, who said that no complaint has been made against young Ulrich.
2 Kin Who Died In Service to Be Buried Monday
Camden Courier-Post —
Services will be held Monday for two Ashland brothers, both War II servicemen, whose bodies recently were returned from overseas cemeteries.
The brothers, Sgt. William and Coxswain Albert F. Callen Jr., will be buried in adjoining graves in Beverly National cemetery.
They were the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Callen Sr., Seventh avenue, Ashland. Also surviving is a sister, Mary.
Sergeant Callen was killed in action in Eastern France Nov. 20, 1944. His brother, Albert, died of injuries suffered at Tacloban, Leyte, April 29, 1945.
A ranger with the 100th Division, Sergeant Callen was leading a squad attempting to capture a German-held town. The squad was about to take the last enemy-held machinegun emplacement, when the Ashland soldier was killed. He was buried in Epinal cemetery.
Coxswain Callen enlisted in the Coast Guard in December, 1941. He then was stationed in New Guinea and other Pacific islands.
He was scheduled to be given a medical discharge April 11, 1945. However, he requested his commanding officer to permit him to stay in the service for the duration. He was reassigned the same day to Okinawa.
While waiting for the LST to take him there, Coxswain Callen was crushed beneath an overturned truck. He died April 29, 1945, and was buried in Tacloban cemetery.