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

Merchantville, N.J.
WELLWOOD MEMORIAL PARK
   WAR MEMORIAL

        WELLWOOD MEMORIAL PARK
THIS PARK IS DEDICATED IN RECOGNITION OF THE PATRIOTIC SPIRIT AND LOYAL DEVOTION OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO SERVED THE UNITED STATES IN ALL WARS

     

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                                        Phil Cohen  
                                        phil552@comcast.net

WELLWOOD
MEMORIAL PARK
        This park is just a few blocks east of Route 130 on Maple Avenue in Merchantville NJ. There is also a WWI monument there and a stone dedicated to two members of The Sons And Daughters Of The Pilgrims who were serving in armed forces during WWII.
Word War II
These Made The Supreme Sacrifice
That Liberty May Live
Name Rank Branch Unit Born Died
Clifford W. Aldrich PFC ARMY 386th Infantry Regiment
97th Infantry Division 		  4/10/1945
Frank Edward Atkins, Jr. CPT ARMY    1897  4/5/1944
Charles A. Barnes III PVT USMC   4/16/26 3/15/1945
David E. Burch
David N. Birch		 PFC AAF   7/21/1903 12/26/1946
Elwood G. Cashman SSGT ARMY

55th Infantry Battalion
11th Armored Division

  1922 5/4/1945
Paul McGrath Conant CPL AAF

441st Bomber Squadron
320th Bomber Group, Medium

   12/23/1944
John W. Danser 2LT AAF 3rd Bomber Training Squadron 1919 4/2/1944
Dowling B. Deacon 2LT ARMY

143rd Infantry Regiment
36th Infantry Division

1916

 10/17/1943
Mark K. Lewis  MAJ AAF      12/9/1941
William F. McLain SGT AAF   1920  1944
Orville H. Showers PFC USMC  3rd Battalion
25th Marine Regiment
4th Marine Division 		   7/25/1944
John Trumpy Strandwitz 2LT USMC  1st Special Weapons Battalion
1st Marine Division 		 4/23/1918 8/8/1942
Phillip Coates Walton  2LT  ARMY   11/28/1910  6/6/44

CLICK ON THE BLUE LINKS FOR MORE ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL
Camden Courier-Post * May 27, 1950
Word War I
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN RECOGNITION OF THE PATRIOTIC  SPIRIT AND LOYAL DEVOTION OF THE MEN OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY AND NAVAL FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE GREAT WAR 
1917                                                    1918 
Name Rank Branch Unit Born Died
HENRY J. BOWES LT NAVY Submarine Chaser 209   8/27/1918
JACOB FELDMAN 1LT ARMY 110th Infantry Regiment
28th Infantry Division 		  9/6/1918
FREDERICK W. GRIGG CPL ARMY 113rd Infantry Regiment
29th Infantry Division 		  10/12/1918
WILLIAM A. WINNER CPL ARMY 417th Motorized Supply Train   11/27/1918

Merchantville NJ World War I War Memorial - 
Click on the photos for an enlarged view

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
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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Charles A. Barnes III E O 2103