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| Name | Narrative | Branch and Rank | Unit and Specialty | Conflict/Arena | Born/Died |
| Charles Franklin Adams, MD | Charles Franklin Adams was born in Greenwich, Cumberland Co. in 1859, the son of Clement and Susan Adams. He came to Delanco with his family in 1867. “Frank,” as he was known, attended Delanco schools and joined Dobbins Memorial Methodist Church in 1869. The family moved to Bordentown in 1875. Charles earned his medical degree specializing in eye, ear, nose and throat. He married May Robinson. He joined the US Army Medical Corps and became Chief of his specialty at Camp Green Base Hospital in North Carolina. He served there through WWI treating soldiers suffering from the effects of poison gas. Caduceus Magazine featured Dr. Adams in a cover story in 1918. After the war he returned to private practice in Trenton. He died in Trenton in 1936 at age 77. | US Army Rank? | Med Corps | WWI Camp Green Base Hospital, NC | 1859-1936 |
| Rufus Alden | Rufus Alden served in the US Army during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. | US Army | ? | WWI | ? |
| Frank Ambrose | Frank Ambrose served in the US Navy during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. He was honored on Memorial Day 1928. After the war he returned to Delanco and partnered with Wade Leconey in the electrical contracting business. Frank lived in an apartment at 638 Pennsylvania Avenue. | US Navy | ? | WWI | ? |
| Frederick Austin | Frederick Austin served in the US Army during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll.. A WWI vet named Austin (no first name) is pictured as a member of the Beverly Am Legion Post 115. | US Army | ? | WWI | ? |
| Nelson Barnes | Nelson Barnes served in the US Navy during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. | US Navy | ? | WWI | ? |
| 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 | ? |
| Albert Borden | Albert Borden served in the US Army during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. | US Army | ? | WWI | ? |
| Charles Ven Borden, Sr. | Charles Ven Borden, Sr. served in the US Navy during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. He served in from 1917 to 1919 aboard the USS Von Stuben and attained the rank of Fireman 1st Class. He survived when his ship was sunk by the Germans. He married Fannie Lippincott and his family lived on Pennsylvania Avenue. They were very active at Dobbins Memorial Church in Delanco. After the war, Charles worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad for 40 years. | US Navy, Fireman 1st Class | USS Von Stuben | WWI | ? |
| Walter Bracey | Walter Bracy served in the US Army during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. | US Army | ? | WWI | ? |
| Clarence I. Branson | Clarence Branson 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 | ? |
| Gilbert J. Brown | Gilbert J. Brown served in the US Army during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. He was honored for his service to the US Army in WWI on Memorial Day 1928. | US Army | ? | WWI | ? |
| Harry H. Brunt, Sr. | Harry Herman Brunt was born August 4, 1891 to Thomas and Othelia Klineburg Brunt in Philadelphia. The Brunt family was living in East Riverton in 1915. during which time, Harry earned a degree in engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Harry went off to serve in WWI, achieving the rank of Captain. On December 3, 1919, shortly after he returned, he married Anna Frances Zurbrugg at Old Swedes' Church in Philadelphia, Harry and Anna were listed with a residence on Hazel Avenue in Delanco in the 1920 Census, but had moved to Riverton by 1930. After the war, Harry served as a construction engineer for the Philadelphia Railroad, and later as a Construction Supervisor for Fort Dix, with a residence in Pemberton. By 1950, Harry was serving as Chief of Public Housing for Burlington County. Anna passed away on April 21, 1968 and Harry died on December 7, 1968 just a few months later. Both are buried in Northwood Cemetery. | US Army Capt | Engineering | WWI | 1891 - 1968 |
| Harry Carpenter | Harry Carpenter joined the US Army and served in the 3rd Co, of the Quartermaster Corps in WWI. After the war he was active in the Pennsylvania Railroad Post, serving as Vice Commander. He joined Riverside VFW Post 146 and was elected Commander. He joined the American Legion Post in 1939. Harry lived at 11 Walter Ave in Delanco. | US Army | 3rd Co. QM Corps | WWI | ? |
| John W. Collum | John William Collum was born December 9, 1895 in Delancl, the son of Andy and Mary Jane Collum. John served in the US Navy during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. He had a distinguished military career and was honored for his service in the US Navy in WWI. He married Marion. He died February 22, 1997 at age 101 and was buried in Christ Church Cemetery in Bordentown. | US Navy, ? | ? ? | WWI | 1895 - 1997 |
| Harry R. Cook, Jr. | Harry Ridgway Cook, Jr. was born October 5, 1895 in Delanco. He served in the US Army during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. When he returned from the war, he joined the Washington Fire Co and was elected Fire Chief in 1925. John later became the President of A.C. Ridgway & Son Shoes in Delanco. | US Army, Rank? | Unit? | WWI | 1895 - 1925 |
| Lloyd A. Cross | Lloyd Augustus Cross was born on August 28, 1889 in Laredo, Texas, the son of Randall E. and Elizabeth Bunbury Cross. At the time, Lloyd’s father was a mechanical engineer doing major projects in northern Mexico. The family moved to Winstead, Connecticut. Lloyd attended the University of Pennsylvania where he was active in track and field and held a 600-yard Middle States indoor record. He graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1914. He then went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a structural engineer with the steel firm of McClintock – Marshall Co. He joined the Pennsylvania National Guard and served as a private. When WWI broke out, Cross enlisted September 2, 1917 and trained with the EROTC at American University, then at Camp Gordon with the 307th Engineers, 82nd Division and was commissioned 1st Lt. in the Officers Reserve Corps. He was called into active service as a 1st Lieutenant Engineers on September 2, 1917. He then trained at Camp Dix, where he was promoted to Captain in the 24th Engineers December 11, 1917. He shipped out from the Port of Hoboken March 27, 1918 with his unit, Co. F 24th Engineers. In Europe, he faced action at St. Mihiel, Meuse Argonne, and the defensive sector Verdun. He returned to Washington DC and served in the Chief of Engineers Office May 30, 1919. He was honorably discharged September 12, 1919. By 1920, he was back living in Philadelphia and working for the American Stores. Lloyd Cross married Frances T. Kirk on June 21, 1921, at Woodlawn Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. They purchased riverfront property at 725 Delaware Avenue in Delanco on August 14, 1922. Considering his background, Cross designed and built the unusual river-rock cottage in 1924 where it can be seen today. About 1927, Cross became intensely interested in Tacony-Palmyra Bridge then under construction and believed a similar span should be built to connect Bristol Borough with the City of Burlington. In fact, Lloyd Cross was largely responsible for planning, design, finance and construction of the Burlington Bristol Bridge. He first had to secure federal legislation to permit construction of a privately-owned interstate bridge. His original plan was for a spacious four-lane structure, similar to the Tacony-Palmyra bridge, but the market crash of 1929 made funding all but impossible. Cross redesigned it as a more modest two-lane structure and arranged financing through his former employers, McClintock - Marshall Co. of Pittsburgh. Construction of the bridge started on April 1, 1930, and the bridge opened to traffic on May 2, 1931, a period of only 13 months.The total cost of construction for the 2,300 ft. long span was $1.5 million. Once built, Cross became Secretary of the Burlington-Bristol Bridge Co. for the Local Authority of the National Recovery Act in the early 1930s and represented it with the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association. Cross was listed as Chair of the Explosives and Demolitions Committee for the Association in 1947. He served as Secretary for the Code Authority for the Toll Bridge Industry in 1934. Lloyd and Frances adopted a son, Kirk Cross, who was born in 1935. When WWII broke out in 1941, Cross went back to active duty and saw action in the North Pacific. It was likely here that he attained the rank of Colonel. His obituary refers to him as Commander of the 304th Engineers. In a 1962 article, Cross was described as a retired Colonel in the Army Corps of Engineers and the Forest and Water District Engineer for Eastern Pennsylvania. Their son, Kirk died tragically in 1949 at the age of 14 as the result of an operation. Col. Cross retired from active service to the US ARMY Reserves February 28, 1950 with the Rank of Colonel. Frances was a cultured woman and had season tickets to the Academy of Philadelphia. Dorothy Talavera recalls that as a child she and Michael Horan were often invited to accompany her to the children’s concerts. Frances died in Delanco in 1970. Col. Cross lived in the Delanco house until his death in 1972 - nearly 50 years. The family is buried in the family plot in Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore Maryland. | US Army/NG, Pvt US Army, 1st Lt US Army, Cpt US Army, Col | 307th Engineers F Co 24th Engineers 304th Engineers Army Corps of Engineers | WWI, France WWII, North Pacific | 1889 – 1972 |
| Granville Dare | Granville Dare served in the US Navy during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. He served in US Navy during WWI and was recognized on Memorial Day in 1928. | US Navy | ? | WWI | ? |
| Samuel Darling | Samuel Darling served in the US Army during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. He was honored on Memorial Day 1928. | US Army | ? | WWI | ? |
| Knole S. Deacon, Sr. | Knole Shepherd Deacon, Sr. was born December 4, 1894 in Delanco to Samuel C. and Margaret S. Deacon of Delanco. He served in the US Navy during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. He was honored on Memorial Day in 1928. He married Elizabeth Louise Pensinger; Son, Knole S. "Bud" Shepherd, Jr. The family was living on Spring Garden Street in Riverside in 1940. Knole died in August of 1967 and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Cinnaminson. | US Navy | ? | WWI | 1894 - 1967 |
| John B. Deknight | John B. Deknight served in the US Navy during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. He was honored Memorial Day in 1928. | US Navy | ? | WWI | ? |
Updated October 30, 2023