Freedom is not free. Sometimes, it comes at a very high cost. 

COLLINGSWOOD, N.J.
KOREA & VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL

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                                        Phil Cohen                        phil552@comcast.net

          Situated near one corner of Collingswood NJ's historic Knight Park, this monument in inscribed with the names of three men who gave their lives in the service of our nation during the Korean War, and seven who lost their lives in Vietnam. 

 
IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SERVED OUR NATION
KOREA
Name Rank Branch Unit Born Died
Franklin Goulburn          
George Moffett          
Richard B. Green PFC  ARMY 19th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Division		  1931 10/29/1951
IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SERVED OUR NATION
VIETNAM
Name Rank Branch Unit Born Died
Christopher Cowen SGT ARMY 9th Infantry Division 7/6/1947 7/15/1968
John Dennis Leary LCPL MARINES   7/8/1948 4/27/1969
David Lummis          
John Joseph McCarthy SGT ARMY 4th Infantry Division 9/26/1948 5/7/1970
Robert Morris SP4 ARMY 199th Light Infantry Brigade 12/19/1947 5/13/1968
Ronald Osborne          
Stephen Walter Young 2LT ARMY MACV Advisors 12/20/1945 9/6/1969

CLICK ON THE BLUE LINKS FOR MORE ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL

  HMTS 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 HMTS Rohna was struck by a German guided glider bomb and sank of 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 and  also were lost that day. Many other South Jersey men also were killed. 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.

THE ROHNA DISASTER
CAMDEN COUNTY INTERNET WAR MEMORIAL

The Rohna Survivors Memorial Association

MSNBC Coverage - Tom Brokaw
Read the article or see the video

     

CAMDEN COUNTY NJ
  MONUMENTS & WAR MEMORIALS

       Click links to visit web-pages on these memorials, and to visit "virtual memorials" to Camden County's fallen heroes.

GUEST BOOK & E-MAIL
     As of this date, February 6, 2002 I have not erected a guest-book. Please e-mail all comments to phil552@comcast.net. If you would like your comment published in the upcoming guest-book, please let me know.-
                                                                                                                  Phil Cohen, Camden NJ

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