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| Name | Narrative | Branch and Rank | Unit and Specialty | Conflict/Arena | Born/Died |
| John T. "Johnny" Estelow | John Theodore ‘Johnny’ Estelow was born on August 3, 1942 to Ethel and Clinton Estelow. He was raised in Beverly and was a member of the drum and bugle corps, Johnson Memorial Cadets of Bordentown. John joined the US Army in 1967 and served as a Specialist in South Vietnam until 1968. While serving overseas in 1968, John got word from home that the group was about to lose its meeting hall because of urban renewal. So he sent a quick letter to President Lyndon B. Johnson. Federal wheels began to move and Secretary Robert C. Weaver of HUD informed him that everything would be looked after – the youngsters of the corps would not have to disband after all. On return from Vietnam, John was selected to serve on President Nixon’s Inauguration Guard in Washington D.C. on January 20, 1969. He was discharged with the rank of sergeant. He moved to Delanco in 1996. He married Betty Fink and they had four children. John passed away quietly on May 11, 2013 in Gettysburg, PA at age 70. | US Army, Sgt | Specialist | Vietnam | 1942 - 2013 |
| Harry W. Everham, III | Harry W. Everham III was born in September 1970 into a military family. His grandfather saw action at Pearl Harbor, his father served in Vietnam, and his son serves in the US Army. Harry served in the US Navy from 1990 to 1994 during Operation Desert Storm. He served aboard the Kitty Hawk class aircraft carrier, USS Constellation (CV-64). "Connie" departed San Diego on February 12, 1990 for the East Coast. Following exercises with the air forces of several South American countries, including Gringo-Gaucho with the Argentine Navy, while on route and after preparations at Norfolk, Virginia, Constellation entered Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in July to begin an $800-million, three-year Service Life Extension Program (SLEP), which was completed in March 1993. Constellation conducted her post-SLEP shakedown with a number of CVW-17 squadrons, and then moored at Mayport, Florida, on April 8. With CVW-2 assigned, Connie departed Mayport on May 29 and conducted exercises with various South American air forces while on route to San Diego, where she arrived on July 22, 1993. During May–June 1994 Connie and CVW-2 participated in RIMPAC exercises. Harry was an Aviation Administration/Maintenance (AZ) specialist attaining the rank of Seaman E-3 by separation. Harry has been living on Third Street in Delanco since 2009. | US Navy, Seaman E-3 | Aviation Administration Maintenance | Desert Storm USS Constellation (CV-64) | 1970 -* |
| Elwood Faulkner | Elwood Faulkner was born in 1923 in Mt. Laurel on the farm of Alice Paul, but lived most of his adult life at 800 Franklin Street at the corners of Union Avenue and Pine Street in Delanco. Elwood served in the US Navy during WWII on a LCI ship which saw action all over the Pacific. He married Alice Woodington of Bridgeboro; Children included Ken Faulkner and Darlene Winkelspect of Edgewater Park. After the war, Elwood worked for the Palmyra Foundry for 32 years until it closed in 1970 and then worked for the Township of Delanco until his retirement in 1988. He was honored by the Delanco Recreation Commission in 1980 for his many years of dedication as a baseball player coach and manager. He coached outstanding teams comprised of players from all over South Jersey in the Riverfront League from 1946-1972. Elwood passed away on February 21 2000 at the Marcella Center in Burlington Township at the age of 77. He is buried at Lakeview Memorial Park Cinnaminson. | US Navy ? | LCI South Pacific | WWII | 1923 - 2000 |
| Harold D. Faunce | Harold D. Faunce was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Lawton H. Faunce | Lawton H. Faunce was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| James B. Felton | James Bruce Felton was born January 9, 1930. He joined the US Navy in December 1950 and served until December 18, 1950. He served as a Yeoman aboard the USS Macon (CA-132), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, and the USS Wisconsin, (BB-64) an Iowa-class battleship, during the Korean Conflict. He returned to the US and earned his BS in Commerce, Accounting and Finance from NYU in 1956. He married Elizabeth and moved to Oakford Avenue in Delanco in 1959. Jim worked as an outside salesman for US Pipe & Foundry in Burlington. He moved to the Masonic home in Burlington Township about 2008. He died November 14, 2011 and is buried in Bridgeboro Methodist Cemetery. | US Navy, Yeoman | USS Macon (CA-132), USS Wisconsin (BB-64) | Korea | 1930 - 2011 |
| Marcus M. Fenimore | Marcus M. "Mark" Fenimore was born in Burlington to William E. Fenimore, Sr. and Margaret L Dorsey Fenimore of Delanco in June of 1930; Grandson of Ed Fenimore; Half-brother of William E. Fenimore, Howard Norcross and Patricia Caputo. Mark attended Delanco schools and served papers for Mr. Hartung and worked for Hartley's Bakery in his youth. He graduated from Palmyra High School in 1949. He was drafted in 1951 and served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict. He trained at Fort Dix, New Jersey and Camp Drum, New York, then was assigned to the 278 Combat Infantry Battalion at Keflavik Naval Air Station in Iceland for two years. Intended as a temporary wartime base under an agreement with Iceland and the British, the base was built during World War II by the United States Army as part of its mission to maintain the defense of Iceland and secure northern Atlantic air routes. It served to ferry personnel, equipment, and supplies to Europe. It was closed in 1947 and US forces withdrew, but returned in 1951 as the Iceland Defense Force resident on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) base. Mark later served a tour in Far Rockaway Beach, New York during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1951. Mark attained the rank of Corporal by the time he was discharged in 1953. Mark dated Betty Louise Griffith of Delanco while in high school and they were engaged before he went in the service. They were married in November of 1953, eventually settling on Iowa Avenue in 1955, not far from the ancestral Fenimore family farm. They raised three daughters. Mark worked as a lineman at PSE&G for 42 years from 1950 until his retirement in 1992. Betty worked at Ross Pharmacy on Burlington Avenue in Delanco. Mark was a member of South Park Gun Club and American Legion Post 115 in Beverly since 2004, a service officer for over 10 years. The family was active at Dobbins Methodist Church. Mark served as Grand Marshall for the Delanco Memorial Day in 2021. Mark died September 26, 2022 at age 92 and was buried at Brig. William C. Doyle Cemetery in Wrightstown. | US Army Cpl | 278th Combat Inf | Korea Iceland, Cuban Missile Crisis New York | 1930 - 2022 |
| William E. Fenimore, Jr. | William E. Bill Fenimore, Jr. was born in Delanco in 1921 to William E. Fenimore, Jr. and Louisa M. Fenimore, who died in Childbirth. Grandson of Ed Fenimore; Half brother to Mark Fenimore, Howard Norcross, and Patricia Norcross Caputo. Bill was raised on his grandparents' farm on Burlington Ave in Delanco and attended Delanco schools. During the Great Depression, Bill joined the national CCC Program and helped to build Packim Pond and Deep Hollow Campground in the Pinelands of New Jersey. In 1941, Bill joined the US Army. He trained at Fort Eustis in Newport News, Virginia, then deployed to England and served in an anti-aircraft battery during WWII. There is a photo of him taken on D-Day, June 6, 1942. At the end of the war, Bill helped liberate prison camps. After the war, Bill apprenticed as a plumber and worked as a plumbers' helper and a part-time bartender. He also worked as a toll collector for the Burlington County Bridge Commission. Bill married Nettie, a young lady from Cuba. They settled in the Fairlawn section of Camden County. Nettie worked as a waitress at a restaurant at Airport Circle in Camden. They are buried in Lakeview Memorial Park in Cinnaminson. Bill was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | US Army, ? | Anti-Aircraft Gunner | WWII, England Europe | 1921 - |
| Ralph Fish | Ralph Fish was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Thomas H. Fitzpatrick, Jr. | USAF, SGT | 7th/2nd Air Force Strategic Air Command | Vietnam | 1947 - | |
| Thomas H. Fitzpatrick, Sr. | Thomas Henry Fitzpatrick, Sr. was born July 25, 1923 in Delanco to Thomas J. and Katie Fitzpatrick. He joined the US Army on February 16, 1943 and served for more than 22 months overseas. He served in the 331st Harbor Craft Co. in the Asiatic Pacific as Master of Ship 118, an 85' Army Tug working with the Army Corp of Engineers in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He earned the American Service, Asiatic Pacific Service and WWII Victory Medals. He was honorably discharged on January 30, 1946 after 35 months of service as a M Sgt TC (Tugboat Captain). Tom died suddenly on August 11, 1960 and is buried in Beverly National Cemetery. | US Army, MSgt TC | 331st Harbor Craft Co. Tugboat Captain Ship (118) | WWII, Asiatic Pacific | 1923 -1960 |
| Thomas J. “Tommy” Fitzpatrick | Thomas J. "Tommy" Fitzpatrick was born in 1887 to Henry J. and Emma Fitzpatrick. He spent his early childhood on Pennsylvania Avenue in Delanco. He loved outdoor life along the river. It was here that friends introduced him to hunting, fishing, and boating. He later worked as a shoemaker in Philadelphia. His family was very musical. His father was a violin teacher in town. Tom had a wonderful ear for music and learned to play piano and accordion. Tommy married Katie Rogers Whitsell in 1916. He built a houseboat for them on property leased from the Stocktons on the Delaware riverbank and they led the lives of typical Delanco Watermen. During World War I, Tommy worked at a shipyard in Philadelphia, where he became a craftsman. He is believed to have carved his first decoy about 1910 and went on to become a renowned decoy carver. He carved over 2000 decoys in his lifetime. In the 1926 and 1929 Delanco directories, Tom was listed simply as a fisherman living at 428 Delaware Avenue, but he was much more than that. They lived off the land in their cabin on the water, building, repairing and renting rowboats and boat slips, selling bait, trapping and hunting ducks, fish and turtles for the market. He would cross the Rancocas Creek to the Riverside Inn, play his accordion, sell miniature carvings, and take orders for his working decoys. After Tom’s death in 1958 at age 70, Katie finally sold the houseboat to a man who worked for a dredging company. The new owner simply floated the unit at high tide and towed it away on the river. Tom and Katie are buried in Bridgeboro Methodist Cemetery. | Naval Construction | Naval Construction | WWI, Philadelphia | 1887 – 1958 |
| Henry Flaemig | Henry Flaemig was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Joseph Fleetwood | Joseph Fleetwood was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| William S. Fleming | William S. Fleming was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Joseph "Joe" Folz | Joseph Louis "Joe" Folz was born in October, 1939 to Louis and Harriet Wysocki Folz of Philadelphia. Joe Joined the US Army in 1963 and served on active duty for six months at Fort Dix. He then joined the New Jersey National Guard and served for five and a half years as Company Clerk with the rank of Spec. 4. He married Josephine "JoAnn" Scafidi of Indiana in 1967. They had two children. After the service, Joe served as an insurance executive for Harleysville Insurance Company. The family lived in Springfield, Virginia, Delran and Riverside New Jersey before moving to Newton's Landing in 2012. The family was active in St. Charles Borromeo Church and with Delaware Valley Bichon Rescue. JoAnn died in 2018 after 51 years of marriage. Joe died July 29, 2022 at age 82. He is entombed in Lakeview Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cinnaminson. | US Army NJ Nat Guard Spec 4 | Co Clerk | Ft Dix | 1939 - 2022 |
| Paul Frank | Paul Frank was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Gerard "Jerry" Fuerle | Gerard "Jerry" Fuerle was born on June 20, 1940, in Philadelphia. He joined the US Army about 1959 after the Korean Conflict with an eighth-grade education. His specialty was Field Artillery, Fire Direction, and Intel. His service was almost all stateside. He attained the rank of E4 and earned the 2nd Infantry Division Certificate of Achievement. He was honorably discharged, before Vietnam, but remained in the Army Reserve for the remainder of his commitment. During his service, Jerry got his GED and an earned an associate degree from the US Armed Forces Institute. After his service, he returned to Philadelphia. He attended St. Joes & Villanova for 1 year each and then studied finance at Penn's Wharton School for 3 years. Jerry worked for IBM in computer systems and marketing. He holds an early patent for a computer network interface. Jerry also spent seven interesting years working in Las Vegas as a professional Blackjack player. Before he moved to Delanco in 2011, his closest connection to this area was powerboating and water skiing on the Rancocas, which he did for a number of years. He currently lives at the Zurbrugg Mansion. | US Army, E 4 Regular Army | Various. At the time of discharge his unit was: A bat, 1st Rkt Bn, 12th Art, 2nd, Inf, 3rd Army/ Field Artillery Fire Direction Intel | Vietnam Stateside Classified | 1940 * |
| Curtis H. Gaither, Sr. | Curtis Harold Gaither, Sr. was born November 11, 1929. He was originally from Beltsville, Maryland. He attended Hampton Institute, now Hampton University, a private, historically black university in Hampton, Virginia, where he met and later married Daisy May Taylor. Children: Margo, Karen, Curtis, Jr, and Gregg. Curtis joined the US Army during the Korean Conflict and served at Fort Dix. He attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant. After his service, Curtis worked for the Philadelphia Board of Education and became a Senior Systems Analyst. The family has lived in Pawcatuck CT and Woodbury NJ. After living in Willingboro for many years, Curtis and Daisy retired to Shipps Way, Newton’s Landing in Delanco. Curtis died August 9, 2019 at age 89 and is buried in Beverly National Cemetery. | US Army, 1st Lt. | ? | Korea, Fort Dix | 1929 - 2019 |
| Clifford H. Galbraith | Clifford H. Galbraith was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
Updated October 30, 2023