Mount Ephraim NJ WAR MEMORIAL

Situated at Davis and Garfield Avenues, in Mount Ephraim, NJ., this monument bears a list of Mount Ephraim residents lost in World War II. It was dedicated in the fall of 1947. The list has a few errors, which have been corrected in the listing below. Samuel A. Busey, for instance, was the father of James A. Busey, who was lost while serving with the Coast Guard in 1944. William Stefan's first name was Willibold, and George Ocavage spelled his name O'Cavage. Similar errors have turned up on other monuments, and can be attributed to the fact that the monuments are erected years after the events commemorated, and the surviving families are no longer around to ensure correct spelling.
On July 27, 2003 a Korean War monument was dedicated on grounds. This monument, erected as a joint project by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign War posts of Mount Ephraim, honors Corporal Samuel Rainey, the only Mount Ephraim serviceman lost during the Korean War.
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IN HONOR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF MT. EPHRAIM FOR THEIR PATRIOTIC SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II
In Memory Of Our Heroes Who Gave Their Lives For Their Country
Name	Rank	Branch	Unit	Born	Died
DANIEL BENEVENTO	PFC	ARMY	253rd Infantry Regiment 63rd Infantry Division		4/7/1945
RICHARD K. BUCK	PFC	ARMY		10/15/1915	8/13/1942
JAMES A. BUSEY	F1C	NAVY	USS LEOPOLD DE-319	1921	3/9/1944
ROBERT DIXON	PVT	ARMY	15th Infantry Regiment 3rd Infantry Division	1908	11/13/1943
JAMES WESLEY DYE, JR.	ARM3C	NAVY	USS BENNINGTON (CV-20)	1925	2/24/1945
JERRY J. GIORDANO	PFC	ARMY	12th Infantry Regiment 4th Infantry Division		1/14/1944
WILLIS HOUSER	PVT	ARMY
LESLIE A. HOLTZAPFEL	PVT	ARMY	5307th Composite Unit		3/16/1946
ROBERT MULLER		NAVY			4/1945
GEORGE J. O'CAVAGE	SSGT	AIR FORCE			1943
SAMUEL J. PRICE	TEC5	ARMY	Company C 117th Engineer Battalion 37th Infantry Division		2/9/1945
DELBERT K. SANDT	TEC5	ARMY	747th Tank Battalion 29th Infantry Division	6/21922	6/16/1944
ATTILIO J. SIMONE	PVT	ARMY	116th Infantry Regiment 29th Infantry Division		4/6/1945
CORNELIUS M. SINON	PVT	ARMY	7th Infantry Regiment 3rd Infantry Division		3/26/1945
WILLIBOLD STEFAN	PVT	ARMY	141st Infantry Regiment 36th Infantry Division	1913	9/9/1943
ERECTED BY THE SELECTEES MOTHERS CLUB CHAPTER NO. XI

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 Kessler 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. 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
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KOREAN WAR 1950-1953
NAME	RANK	BRANCH	UNIT	BORN	DIED
SAMUEL H. RAINEY	CPL	AIR FORCE	345th Bomber Squadron 98th Bomber Wing	1/23/1933	3/28/1952

From 1947 until July of 2003, the monuments at Veterans Triangle were as pictured.


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On July 27, 2003, a new Korean War Memorial was added








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MOUNT EPHRAIM, N.J. WAR MEMORIAL

USS BENNINGTON (CV-20)

747th Tank Battalion 29th Infantry Division

747th Tank Battalion
29th Infantry Division