Enlow D. Oakes

Signalman Third Class Enlow D. Oakes had lived in Camden, NJ, at 728 Washington Street. He worked as a fireman for the Pennsylvania Railroad before enlisting in the United States Navy on March 11, 1942. Friends in Camden last heard from him in the summer of 1943, when he was serving with amphibious forces.

Enlow Oakes was reported missing in action on September 15, 1943. On that day, two Landing Craft, Tank ships — LCT(5)-19 and LCT(5)-41 — were sunk off Salerno, Italy. It is likely that Enlow Oakes was serving on one of these craft. His loss was reported in the November 1943 edition of the Camden Courier-Post. He was declared dead on September 16, 1944. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Enlow Oakes was survived by his mother, Mrs. Anna J. Oakes, of Durant, MA. He is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in Nettuno, Italy.