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| Name | Narrative | Branch and Rank | Unit and Specialty | Conflict/Arena | Born/Died |
| Samuel D. Kirk | Samuel D. Kirk was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Russell Knight | Russell Knight served in the US Navy during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. He was honored for his service in the US Navy during WWI on Memorial Day in 1928. | US Navy | ? | WWI | ? |
| Thomas C. Kortman | Thomas Charles Kortman was born April 28, 1944 in Riverside to Harry E. and Julia Dahl Kortman Huff. He graduated Riverside High School in 1962. He joined the US Army National Guard in the early 1960s and saw action during the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba between April 17th and 20th, 1961. He married Eileen F. McDougal in 1967 and settled on Holly Street in Delanco in 1967. After his service, Tom worked as a mechanic for PSE&G in Moorestown and A to Z Rental in Delran. He was founder and head mechanic for ADNYP Racing team, a member of EZ Hot Rod Association and NASCAR. They left Delanco in 2001. Tom died on August 7, 2007 and is buried in Lakeview Memorial Park in Cinnaminson. | US Army | NJ Nat Grd | Bay of Pigs | 1944 - 2007 |
| Richard F. Kostrub | Richard F. Kostrub was born about 1927 in Delanco, but was a resident of Riverside for many years. He proudly served his country during WWII in the US Coast Guard, Merchant Marines and US Army. He was a member of the 2nd Infantry Indianhead Division under the 1st, then the 3rd Army under General Patton. The Indianheads arrived at Omaha Beach on D-Day +1. They fought across the hedgerows in Normandy and liberated the port city of Brest in September of 1944. They attacked and seized the Roer River dams, pierced the Siegfried Line, then fought with the 101st Airborne in the Battle of the Bulge. Then the division dashed across Czechoslovakia to Pilsen. After the war, He married Doris Voshell and raised a family. He worked as an office clerk for Colorado Fuel and Iron, then Roebling Steel for many years. In later life he became a bus driver for Safety Tours and DMB Tours. He served as chaplain for both Delran VFW 3020 and American Legion Post 146. Richard died on November 16, 2020 at age 93 and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Cinnaminson. He.was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | USCG Merchant Marine, US Army | 2nd Inf Div, 1st & 3rd Army Indianhead Division | WWII | 1927 - 2020 |
| Leslie C. Krauser, Jr. | Leslie C. Krauser, Jr. was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Norman H. Kreiger | Norman H. Kreiger was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Ralph C. Kreiger | Ralph C. Kreiger was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Henry Kreiner, Jr. | Henry Kreiner, Jr. was born in 1843 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the son of Henry and Rebecca Kreiner. The family were wharf builders by trade. The family had moved to Delanco by 1852. Henry served in K Co. 5th PA Inf. Henry used the name Harry in the 1870 Census. Henry Married Elizabeth of Hessian ancestry. In 1900 Henry is listed as a constable. Unclear what his role was in the Alligator submarine story. | Union Army, Rank? | Unit? | Civil War | 1843 – |
| Walter M. Kressler, Jr. | Walter Marrs "Walt" Kessler, Jr. was born in December 27, 1936 and raised in Burlington, New Jersey where he met the love of his life, Elizabeth "Betty" Kressler (nee. Tracy). Settling on Burlington Avenue in Delanco, they raised their family of three daughters and one son. Walt joined the US Navy in 1955 and served until 1959. He was a boilerman on the USS Witek, (EDD 848), a Gearing-class destroyer out of New London Connecticut. Witek spent most of her underway time off the eastern seaboard and in the western Atlantic, sometimes in the Caribbean, participating in experimental exercises with other units of the Operational Development Force based at New London. She operated primarily with other experimental ships, such as Maloy (EDE-791), and submarines, testing ASW electronics installations. On some occasions, when she conducted project work out of New London, she would slip up the coast to Rockland, Maine, or to Portsmouth, NH. Her local operations in Long Island Sound earned her the nickname "The Galloping Ghost of the Long Island Coast." On occasion, outside her normal independent routine, Witek conducted exercises with carrier task forces for ASW maneuvers. During one such evolution in 1955, Witek exercised with the fleet carrier Leyte (CVS-32) and the atomic submarine Nautilus; other carriers with which Witek operated included Antietam and Randolph. Besides carrying out operational tests of ASW electronics equipment, Witek served as the test-bed for the "pump jet" propulsion system. On July 2,1958, Witek entered Drydock No. 4 at the Boston Naval Shipyard for an "extensive overhaul and installation of the pump jet system." The destroyer remained in drydock at Boston until a little over a week before Christmas, when she emerged with the new system installed. Walter attained the rank of Seaman 1st Class before his honorable discharge in 1959. Walt worked for Rohm & Haas in Bristol, PA as a Lab Technician, retiring after 34 years and moving to Ormand Beach, Florida. He enjoyed the company of his shipmates and frequently attended reunions of the Witek crew. He was also a member of Council 13018 of the Knights of Columbus in Ormond Beach. Walter died August 25, 2013 at age 76. Betty died April 3, 2020 at age 81. Both are buried in Volusia Memorial Park in Ormand Beach. | US Navy, Seaman 1st C | USS Witek (EDD)-848 Boilerman | US East Coast, Carribean | 1936 - 2013 |
| George Cornell Krusen II | George Cornell Krusen II was born on August 5, 1928 to George Elliott and Grace Kimball Krusen in Philadelphia. Brother of Jon Falan Krusen. Within days, the family moved to 617 Delaware Avenue in Delanco. The family lived there six years from 1928 to 1934, moving to Riverton in 1934, then returning to the family "compound" at 1117 Delaware in Delanco in 1941. George Attended Westfield Friends School, then Moorestown Friends School, graduating in 1946. He graduated from MIT in 1950 and earned his Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell in 1952. He joined the US Army Chemical Corps through the Army ROTC in July 1952, training at Camp McClellan in Alabama. He was assigned to the Dugway Proving Grounds and served until 1954, attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant. After the war he worked for a series of chemical companies. He married Betsey Goodrich Malan on February 2, 1957. About 1959, they purchased a farm outside of Boxborough Massachusetts. Betsey died June 4, 2012. George is actively engaged in land preservation in his community. | US Army, 1st Lt | Chem Corps, Dugway Proving Grounds | Korea | 1928 - * |
| George Elliott Krusen | George Elliott Krusen, who went by the name Elliott, was born in Philadelphia September 14, 1893, the son of George Cornell and Minnie Krusen. The family moved to Delanco in 1913. Elliott attended Central High School in Philadelphia. He joined the US Navy in 1917 and served as a Yeoman, stationed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard during WW I. He left the service in 1918. Elliott married Grace Kimball Faden on August 31, 1926. Grace was a teacher at William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia. George was honored for his service on Memorial Day 1928. He joined his father in the firm of George C. Krusen Company of Philadelphia. They purchased the home at 719 Delaware Avenue in 1927. They moved to Riverton for a short time, then returned to live at 1117 Delaware Avenue, part of the Krusen family "compound" in 1941. George died July 14, 1963. Grace died March 27, 1971. Both are buried in the family plot in Lakeview Cemetery, Cinnaminson. George was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. | US Navy, Yeoman | ? | WWI, Phila Navy Yard | 1893 - 1963 |
| Gordon Malan Krusen | Gordon Malan Krusen was born June 25, 1931, the son of Leslie Conard and Kathryn Malan Krusen, Sr., then of 110 Oakford Ave, Delanco; Brother of Leslie “Pete” Conard Krusen and George Cornell Krusen II. Gordon grew up in Delanco and engaged in all the local activities. He was an earnest sailor, competing in duster, comet, thistle class and catboat races at Red Dragon Canoe Club and elsewhere. Gordon matriculated to the University of Virginia from 1949 and graduated in 1953. He enrolled in Navy ROTC training from 1950 – 1953. He was commissioned as an Ensign and assigned to the USS New Jersey in 1953. He sailed to Europe and the Mediterranean, then cruised to the Pacific and participated in the shore bombardment of North Korea. Gordon married (1st) Sally B. Shipman and (2nd) Susan B. Cole. They were living in Old Lyme, Connecticut until Gordon died on June 2, 2021. He is buried in Eight Mile River Cemetery in Lyme, Connecticut. | US Navy, Ens | Unit? USS New Jersey (BB-62) | Korea Europe, Mediterranian, Western Pacific | 1931 - 2021 |
| Leslie C. "Pete" Krusen, Jr. | Leslie Conard "Pete" Krusen, Jr. was born in Cooper Hospital in Camden on December 31, 1925, the son of Leslie Conard and Kathryn Malan Krusen, Sr. His family was living at 617 Delaware Avenue at the time. In 1927, his parents purchased a home at 110 Oakford, next door to Pete's grandparents home at 1117 Delaware Avenue, and became part of the Krusen family "compound". His father taught Pete how to swim. He attended Hickory Street and Walnut Street schools, skipping 4th grade, graduating in 1938, then Moorestown Friends School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the yearbook, graduating in 1943. Pete engaged in lots of local sports activities. Football, baseball, and ice hockey on Nelly’s Pond. He learned to box from Hal Horner, a friend of his dad, who had been captain of the Naval Academy boxing team. The family were serious sailors - dusters, comets a catboat, and thistles - mostly on the Delaware to summers cruising the Chesapeake aboard the "Seabat" and up the coast in the motor-sailor "Fishguts". Pete received an appointment to the Naval Academy, but was initially rejected for flat feet. He was eventually accepted to the V-12 Officers Training Program held at Penn, followed by two months at Asbury Park Pre-Midshipman School, receiving his Ensign’s Commission after four months at Northwestern Midshipman School, followed by several months of Destroyer Training School at Norfolk. He picked up his ship, the destroyer the USS Watts (DD-567) at Yokosuka Naval Base, Tokyo Bay, arriving 2 weeks after Japan's formal surrender. He served as gunnery officer and assistant navigator. He participated in Japan occupation activities. His five-ship division returned in late 1945 by way of Midway, Pearl Harbor, San Diego, and the Panama Canal, weathering a serious typhoon, arriving at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in December. In February 1946 They sailed to Charleston, While there, Pete organized a baseball team which tied for second in the local Navy League. In April he transferred off the ship, becoming the Aide to Commodore Ralph W. Hungerford, Commandant of the 16th fleet. He deactivated to the Naval Reserve in 1946 attaining the rank of Lieutant J.G. a year later. He returned to Penn's Wharton Business School for his final two years. He joined Delta Psi fraternity, and competed in football and sailing, graduating from Wharton in 1948. He landed a job at US Pipe in Burlington. Pete married Helen Argonne "Dede" Frank on February 21, 1953. In 1954, the family moved to Illinois then Kansas City because of Pete’s job promotions. In 1976 Pete took a job with McWane in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, then Sales Manager forAtlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co. In 1958, they built a home near Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1988, Pete became Sales Manager for Canada Pipe Co., renting a home near Hamilton, Canada. Pete retired August 31, 1991 returning to Saylorsburg. Pete served as an enumerator for the 2000 census. Dede died on March 4, 2008. She was interred at Homet Cemetery near Wyalusing, Pennsylvania. Pete moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas in November 2014 to be near family. | US Navy, Ens US Naval Res Lt JG | USS Watts (DD-567) Asst Gunnery Officer Asst Navigator Aide to Commodore Hungerford | WWII, South Pacific, Japan, Charleston SC | 1925 - |
| Leslie C. Krusen, Sr | Leslie Conard Krusen, Sr. was born in Philadelphia on May 7, 1897; the son of George Cornell and Minnie Krusen. Les matriculated at Penn's Wharton School in 1914. Les served in the US Navy during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. He enlisted April 19, 1917. He served as an ensign aboard the USS Finland (ID 4543), a liner reflagged in 1917 as a troop transport for WWI, from April 1918 to July 1919 in charge of a deck gun crew. He mustered out May 6, 1919. He was honored for his service in the US Navy in WW I, Memorial Day 1928. He returned to Penn Law School in 1919 and graduated in 1922. He became an attorney specializing in maritime law. Leslie married (1st) Kathryn Malan in Philadelphia in 1923. They lived at 617 Delaware Ave just west of his brother’s home, then purchased 110 Oakford Ave at Delaware Avenue. Kathryn died March 23, 1944. Les married (2nd) Leatha Davis of Philadelphia on November 25, 1949. The whole family were sailors. They rented a motor cruiser called the Seabat and later built a motor cruiser named "Fishguts". They were very active in community activities: First Presbyterian Church in Delanco, Riverton Country Club, and Riomar Country Club in Vero Beach, Florida where they wintered. Leatha was a regular volunteer with Zurbrugg Hospital in Riverside. Leslie retired June 30, 1982 and died September 12, 1987 at Zurbrugg Hospital. Leatha died September 5, 2002. Both are buried in the family plot in Lakeview Cemetery, Cinnaminson. | US Navy, Ens | USS Finland (ID 4543) | WWI. N Atlantic | 1897 - 1987 |
| William Twining "Bill" Krusen | William Twining “Bill” Krusen was born on March 18, 1905, the son of George Cornell and Minnie Krusen Sr of Philadelphia. The family moved to 1117 Delaware Avenue in Delanco in 1913. Bill attended Farnum School in Beverly, Burlington High School and Temple University. Bill was a serious athlete, playing football at Burlington, quarterback for four years, four years at Temple, then played semi-pro ball, a total of 22 years of football. Bill was presented with an airplane in lieu of a car at age 17 and he earned his pilot's license at age 18. Bill joined the Army Air Corps after WW I and was stationed in Plattsburgh NY. He boxed for the Army Air Corps and became a boxing instructor there. After the service he worked as a crop duster, a bush pilot and briefly as a commercial pilot for Pittsburgh Airways. Bill lived in Mount Laurel for a while and was co-founder of Moorestown Airport. He married Grace Boohar on August 30, 1928. Grace was born September 9, 1907. Bill joined the firm of George C. Krusen and Son. They purchased a home at 200 Oakford that became part of the "family compound". Bill volunteered for Washington Fire Co in Delanco and served as Fire Chief from 1928 to 1930. Bill died July 31, 1965 in Delanco on his moored boat at age 60. Grace died January 20, 2002. | USAAC | Pilot | Plattsburgh NY | 1905 - 1965 |
| Thomas D. Landon | Thomas Durland Landon was born May 18, 1865 in Belvidere, Warren County NJ to Thomas H. Landon and his wife Sarah Durland. He was educated at Centenary Collegiate Institute in Hackettstown NJ then Wesleyan Academy. When Bordentown Military Academy opened in 1881, he became assistant to his father. Over the years he rose in rank at the school and became Proprietor and Commandant on his father’s death, a title he held until his own death in 1934. In 1892 he married Margaret Adams Reese of Bordentown. He was a long-time United States Army Officer and member of the New Jersey National Guard. He served as Major of the 3rd New Jersey Infantry during the Spanish-American War. He served in the US Army in the Spanish American War as a Private in Co. A 6th Infantry NJ National Guard, then as a Captain in Co. A of the 3rd NJ Volunteer Infantry. During World War I, he was commissioned as Colonel in the United States Army, and was given command of the 114th Infantry Regiment and later served as commander of the 163rd Infantry American Field Forces. He was promoted to Brigadier General of the New Jersey National Guard in 1933. General Landon died on October 29, 1934 at age 69 and was buried in Bordentown Cemetery. He was never a resident of Delanco; however, his service was honored in 1935 with the naming of the Landon – Stone Bridge connecting Delanco and Riverside. | US Army, Captain; NJ Nat Gd, Brig Gen | A Co 6th Inf PVT; A Co 3rd NJ Vol MAJ; NJ Nat Guard BRIG GEN; 114th Inf Reg, COL; 163rd Inf AFF | Span-Am; WWI | 1865 – 1934 |
| Thomas F., Laverty, Jr. | Thomas F. Laverty, Jr. was born April 27, 1932 and was raised in Riverside. He served in the US Navy, then followed his father with a career as a plumber, owning the family business, for many years. Tom married Marry Constance Bright in 1956. Tom and Connie raised six children. In the 1960's the family established a summer home in Surf City on Long Beach Island. The family moved to Union Avenue in Delanco about 1960 where they remained for over 55 years. Their lives revolved around their kids. They were active members of their community and faith, long-time members of Surf City Yacht Club, St. Peter's Parish in Riverside, and St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Brant Beach, N.J. Tom passed away in Manahawkin, NJ on March 7, 2020 at age 87. | US Navy | ? | ? | 1932 – 2020 |
| William Lawrence | William Lawrence served in the US Army during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. | US Army | ? | WWI | ? |
| Earl J. Layman | Earl J. Layman served in the US Army during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. He was honored for his service during WWI on Memorial Day in 1928. | US Army | ? | WWI | ? |
| Dennis F. LeMasters | Dennis F. LeMasters was born January 4 1951. He graduated from Riverside High School and joined the US Air Force February 26, 1971 and retired in 1991. Dennis married Sharon. He attended West Virginia Northern Community College. He was President of J &L Cargo Express and currently lives in Bristol Indiana. | USAF ? | ? | ? | 1951 - |
Updated October 30, 2023