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Freedom is not free. Sometimes, it comes at a very high cost.
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RUNNEMEDE,
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RUNNEMEDE WAR MEMORIAL |
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If you have information or
pictures which you would like to see included on this website, please
contact me by e-mail. |
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This tribute to those who served from Runnemede is located on the Black Horse Pike in Runnemede NJ etween Route I-295 and Clements Bridge Road (Route 41). It was dedicated in October of 1947.
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| RUNNEMEDE TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SERVED | ||||
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| KOREA VIETNAM |
WORLD WAR II | WORLD WAR II | WORLD WAR II | VIETNAM |
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| RUNNEMEDE'S
TRIBUTE TO HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO SERVED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR |
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| HALLOWED BY THESE WHO GAVE THEIR ALL | |||||
| Name | Rank | Branch | Unit | Born | Died |
| GLENN BARTL | PVT | ARMY |
324th Infantry
Regiment 44th Infantry Division |
5/26/1943 | |
| EARL BROWN JR. | TEC5 | ARMY | 1917 | 1944 | |
| JAMES A. COCHRAN | PVT | ARMY | 37TH ENGINEER COMBAT BN | 6/6/44 | |
| JOHN J. GRIFFITH JR. | SGT | AIR FORCE | 668TH
BOMBER SQUADRON 416TH BOMBER GROUP, LARGE |
3/18/1945 | |
| WILLIAM FRANCIS GUNN | S2C | NAVY | USS TICONDEROGA CV-14 | 1/21/945 | |
| WALTER D. HANSEN | TEC4 | ARMY | 2/13/945 | ||
| EDWARD KASPER | PVT | ARMY |
Company I, 324th
Infantry Regiment 44th Infantry Division |
10/27/1944 | |
| JOSEPH
J. SAMPOLSKE {Joseph J. Sampolski) |
SSGT | ARMY |
349th Infantry
Regiment 88th Infantry Division |
10/7/1944 | |
| LEONARD J. SCHAFER | CPL | ARMY | |||
| JOHN SCHNEPP | 2LT | ARMY |
15th Tank
Battalion 6th Armored Division |
8/5/1944 | |
| FRANCIS SENSEMAN | PVT | ARMY | 59th Coast Artillery Regiment | 12/30/1942 | |
| JOHN SHACKLETON | SSGT | ARMY |
41st Armored Infantry
Regiment 2nd Armored Division |
11/21/1944 | |
| GERALD H. THINNES | PFC | ARMY | |||
| CARL G. THORMAN | PVT | ARMY |
350th
Infantry Regiment 88th Infantry Division |
7/15/1944 | |
| EARL A. TROUP JR. | CPL | ARMY |
119th
Infantry Regiment 30th Infantry Division |
7/13/1944 | |
| RUNNEMEDE LEST WE FORGET VIETNAM |
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| Name | Rank | Branch | Unit | Born | Died |
| JAMES X. GILCH | PFC | ARMY |
2d Platoon, B Co, 1st
Bn, 5th Infantry, 25th Infantry Div |
5/6/1945 | 7/21/1966 |
| JOHN M. HALEY JR. | LCPL | MARINES | 9/15/1947 | 9/1/1967 | |
| FRANCIS JOSEPH HAYES JR. | SGT | ARMY | 198th Infantry Brigade | 7/14/1947 | 5/15/196 |
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CLICK ON THE BLUE LINKS FOR MORE ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL |
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| The names of Runnemede war dead are also inscribed in marble at the base of the monument, as pictured above. |
| Camden Courier-Post October 27, 1947 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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| Camden Courier-Post October 27, 1947 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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| Camden Courier-Post - May 22, 1967 |
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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. 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. |
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MSNBC
Coverage - Tom Brokaw |
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Click links to visit web-pages on these memorials, and to visit "virtual memorials" to Camden County's fallen heroes. |
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GUEST BOOK & E-MAIL |
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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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Beverly National Cemetery |
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| NAME | CEMETERY PLOT |
| JOSEPH J. SAMPOLSKE | H 44 |
