Civil War ☆ WWI ☆ WWII ☆ Korea ☆ Vietnam ☆ Iraq I ☆ Iraq II ☆ Afghanistan
| Name | Narrative | Branch and Rank | Unit and Specialty | Conflict/Arena | Born/Died |
| John Baker | John Baker was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Edward J. Banks, Jr. | Edward Joseph Banks, Jr. was born November 16, 1925 to Mr & Mrs Edward J. Banks, Sr. of Burlington Avenue, Delanco; the nephew of Edgar A. Bernd of Delanco. Ed entered the US Navy on his 17th birthday, November 16, 1943. He trained in Sampson, New York and served as a gunner aboard the transport SS Benjamin R. Milam, a Liberty Ship (EC2-S-1) built in 1943 and wrecked near Baltimore due to a boiler explosion March 8, 1945. Ed took part in the invasion of Southern France, and served in England, Iceland and Italy, and earned the rank of S 1 by the time of his discharge. Ed died on October 9, 1962 and was buried in Beverly National Cemetery. He was llisted on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll in Delanco. | US Navy S1 | Gunner SS Benjamin R. Milam | WWII Southern France Italy, England Iceland | 1925 - 1962 |
| Nelson Barnes | Nelson Barnes served in the US Navy during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. | US Navy | ? | WWI | ? |
| Joseph Barry | Joseph Barry was born October 13, 1931 and raised in Riverside, but he lived in Delanco most of his life. He Joined the US Air Force and served during the Korean Conflict, discharged with the rank of Airman 1st Class. He died in November 20, 2007 at age 77 and was buried in Brig Gen Wm C Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Arneytown. | USAF, A1C | Korea | 1931 – 2007 | |
| Lawrence Becker | Lawrence Becker was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Volney E. Beekler | Volney E. Beekler was born in 1917 to Marion Beekler just after his father died in the Influenza epidemic of 1918. He was raised at 599 Ash and later at 606 Chestnut Street in Delanco. Volney attended local schools and graduated Palmyra High School. He worked for seven years at Riverside Metal Co, They were members of 1st Presbyterian Church. Volney joined the US Army in October of 1942. He trained at Ft Jackson, SC; Camp Forrest TN; Ft Pierce, FL, Ft Benning GA, and Ft Dix, NJ. He was assigned to 2nd Platoon, C. Co 2nd Ranger Battalion. He held the rank of PFC when he shipped to England in October of 1943. He came ashore at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France on D-Day. The 2nd Ranger Battalion was tasked with ascending a hundred-foot cliff under heavy fire to seize a German artillery position. His unit successfully achieved their goal and held the position against the German counter-offensive, taking a heavy toll in human life. Volney was lsited as Killed in Action on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. He is buried or memorialized at Plot H Row 11 Grave 18, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France. He was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. He also earned the WWII Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Army Good Conduct Medal and the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign medal. Volney was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | US Army, PFC | 2nd Platoon, C Co, 2nd Ranger Batt | WWII, Europe D-Day | 1917 – 1944 KIA |
| Maurice L. Bell | Maurice L. Bell was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Roland N. Benoit | Roland Norman Benoit was born September 17, 1921 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island to Jean-Baptiste-Eusebe Benoit and Regina Papineau. Roland served in the US Army in WWII and attained the rank of Sgt. Roland moved with his family to Fall River about 1952 before settling on Peachtree Lane in Delanco. Roland married Louise Joan Whalen; three children: Roland J. of Bordentown Gail McLallen of Williamstown and Melanie A. Golovin of Medford. Roland and Louise left Delanco in 1988 and eventually moved to Williamstown, New Jersey. Roland died November 26, 1999 in Williamstown, New Jersey at age 78 and is buried in Beverly National Cemetery. | US Army, Sgt | ? | WWII | 1921 - 1999 |
| Edgar A. Bernd | Edgar A. Bernd was born January 31, 1913. He lived on Burlington Ave in Delanco. He enlisted in the US Army November 16, 1942 and trained at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; Florida and Mississippi and served in the South Pacific during WWII, attaining the rank of Corporal. Edgar died November 22, 1985 and was buried in Monument Cemetery in Beverly. | US Army, Cpl | ? | South Pacific | 1913 - 1985 |
| Louis Berger, Jr. | Louis Berger Jr. was born in 1936, the son of Louis Berger, Sr. He grew up in Bridesburg in Northeast Philadelphia working at Ward chocolate on Margaret Street in Bridesburg for 25 years before he moved to Delanco with his family in 1963. The family lived on Washington Street in Delanco. Lou served in the US Army during the Vietnam War attaining the rank of Sergeant. He married Laura Maduzia; Three sons: Louis III, Leonard and Lawrence. Lou and Laura worked for many years at Holy Cross High School in Delran so that Len could attend school there. Lou worked in maintenance and Laura worked in the cafeteria. Laura died in 2009 and Louis was killed February 11, 2010. Lou and Laura are buried in St. Peter’s Cemetery in Riverside. | US Army, Sgt | Unit? | Vietnam | 1936 – 2010 |
| Cornelius J. Berrevoets | Cornelius J. "Corni" Berrevoets was born on January 28, 1931 in New Jersey, the fifth of nine children to John and Berendje Berrevoets, who emigrated from the Netherlands to Paterson, New Jersey about 1927 before moving to Delanco prior to 1940. Corni married Mona E. Giggey of Fairfield Maine. They settled at 200 Union Avenue, where they raised their family. Corni joined the US Army and served in Korea, attaining the rank of Sergeant. After the war, Corni became very active in Delanco affairs. He served as a constable here in 1968. He was elected to the board of Fire Commissioners in 1975 and President of Washington Fire Co No 1 in 1976. Mona was also active in the fire company, serving in the Ladies Auxiliary. Corni died on January 29, 1998 at age 67 and is buried in Monument Cemetery in Edgewater Park. | US Army Sgt | Korea | 1931 - 1998 | |
| George S. Bishop | George S. Bishop was born in 1841. He enlisted in the US Army on September 1, 1862 and mustered into H Co of the 23rd NJ Volunteer Infantry on September 13, 1862. He fought at the Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville campaigns and mustered out June 27, 1863. On January 1, 1864, George married Elizabeth W Gennett Bishop, who was born in 1844. In 1913 their home and contents burned on the eve of George’s anticipated trip to a military reunion at Gettysburg. The community raised a purse to help the family. George died on November 19, 1913. Elizabeth died in 1921 in New Albany NJ. Both are buried in the Christian Brethren Burying Ground in Delran. | Union Army, Pvt | H Co 23rd Reg NJ Vol Inf | Civil War | 1841 – 1913 |
| John Bishop | John Bishop was born in Lumberton on June 17, 1778, a few days before the Battle of Monmouth, to Robert and Jane Bishop. John was descended on his mother’s side from a full-blooded Indian girl of the Lenni Lenape tribe who had assumed the English name of Mary Carlisle. She married Richard Haines, one of three Haines brothers who had emigrated from Northamptonshire, England, and were the original settlers of Burlington County. In 1784 the family moved to the north side of the Rancocas Creek where it empties into the Delaware, ground on which Delanco was later built. John was an avid swimmer and skater, and trapper of foxes, muskrat and mink. It was said he frequently swam to the island that came to be known as Hawk Island to bring geese home to his mother. John raised chickens and sheep. He was ten when his father died. John was educated in a log schoolhouse in the pine woods. At age 16 he taught school for a year on what was later called the Moorestown – Camden Turnpike. He went to live and farm with his brother, then moved to Philadelphia and clerked for Harry Moliere, who had a ropewalk in Kensington. About this time he made the acquaintance of banker and philanthropist Steven Girard, founder of Girard College. Then Bishop went into partnership in the plumbing business with a Mr. Couslan, assuming control of the business when Couslan died. Bishop later teamed with a Mr. Sparks to establish Bishop & Sparks Plumbing located on Delaware Avenue in Philadelphia. Just prior to the War of 1812 the firm went from plumbing to the manufacture of shot, and a 150 foot shot tower was built in 1808 on Montrose Street in Southwark. The firm manufactured shot for the Mexican War. John sold his interest in the company in 1813 and bought the Ogston farm outside Columbus, New Jersey. He lived there for the rest of his days. John married (first) Mary, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Ridgway of Mullica Hill and (second) Ann Black. John died December 2, 1863 in Burlington County. | Military Industrialist | Munitions Mfgr | War of 1812, Mexican War of 1846 | 1778 - 1863 |
| Lawrence Bishop | Lawrence Bishop was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Ralph M. Bishop | Ralph M. Bishop was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| John "Jack" Black | John "Jack" Black was born in 1909. The family lived at 617 Delaware Avenue for many years. Jack was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Daniel Blackburn | Daniel Blackburn served in the US Army during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. He was honored for his service in the US Army during WWI on Memorial Day 1928. | US Army | ? | WWI | ? |
| Ronald C. Blackeby | Ronald C. Blackeby was born in a maternity home in Burlington, N J on July 21, 1942. He graduated from Palmyra High School about 1960. He wanted to go into the military and had always messed with boats on the Pennsauken and Rancocas Creeks, so he applied to the Coast Guard, but there was a three-year waiting period. He took the ASVAB test and scored very well. An Air Force recruiter offered him military Intelligence and he enlisted in the USAF. Ron was eventually sent to Air Police school at Lackland Air Base in Texas. Upon graduation, the top five in each group got their choice of assignment. Since Ron was half Italian, he chose Aviano Air Base in Northern Italy. Ron served in the 7227th Combat Support Group at Aviano AFB from 1960 to 1963. This was a former Nazi Air Base and the allies had bombed it so heavily that the base was disbursed over the area. They had even built a section under the Pordenone River to hide it from the allied bombers. Ron applied to become a K-9 handler in the Air Police and was trained on a dog given to him by the English when they left the British sector of Germany. Ron and his K-9 partner, Russ guarded an atomic weapons area and the F-100’s on the flight line. He had a car and traveled a lot throughout Italy. At his exit interview, a Major offered him money and higher rank if he would extend and go to Lackland to be trained with a new dog and go to Vietnam. He told the Major he would go if he could take his dog, Russ with him. When the Major told him no, Ron asked for a day to make up my mind. He went to the Base library and researched Vietnam - Monsoons, Leaches, and worst of all, a civil war. He declined and went back to the U.S. Ron notes that he was discharged the day President Kennedy was shot - Nov. 22, 1963. He earned the rank of Airman 2nd Class. After the war, Ron went to Glassboro State college. He met and married Phyllis and became a teacher. They lived in Palmyra for about 50 years. Ron was presented a Military Service Medal by Palmyra Borough Council in 2015. They finally left because of the impact of the light rail and moved to Delanco November 2017. The Blackebys are now enjoying their life in Newton’s Landing. Rob belongs to the American Legion. a PT Boat group, and plays accordian in the Riverside String Band. They go to the Florida Keys for the winter. | USAF A/2C | 7227th Combat Support Group Air Police | Aviano AB, Italy | 1942 - * |
| Lester J. Blake | Lester J. Blake was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. He was born November 11, 1908. He married Mary J. Heaton of Delran. He entered WWII and attained the rank of PFC. The family was active at Trinity Episcopal Church, Delran. Lester died in Zurbrugg Hospital, Riverside on September 27, 1993 at age 85 and is buried in Monument Cemetery in Beverly. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Herbert L. Blomstrom | Herbert Lester Blomstrom was born August 26, 1928 to Adolph and Margaret Wood Blomstrom of Burlington. He graduated 8th grade in Delanco in 1943, then attended private school. He must have been quite young when he joined the US Army. Records indicate he fought in WWII and attained the rank of PFC. He married Jeanette Elaine Schlafman. They moved to Dandridge Tennessee. Herbert died July 17, 2017 at age 88. Jeanette died in 2016. They are buried in Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. | US Army, PFC | ? | WWII ? | 1928 - 2017 |
Updated October 30, 2023