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| Name | Narrative | Branch and Rank | Unit and Specialty | Conflict/Arena | Born/Died |
| R. Stanley Schofield | Stanley Schofield 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 | ? |
| John Schweppenheiser | John Schweppenheiser 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 | ? |
| George Sheets | George Sheets 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 | ? |
| Howard A. Shoch | Howard Allen Shoch was born October 25, 1895 in Swedesboro NJ to Lewis Morton and Mary Ann Pine Schoch; Sibling of Walter M Shoch. Howard attended Asbury College in Wilmore Kentucky. The family moved to Walnut Avenue in Delanco prior to WWI. He served in the US Army during WWI and was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. He Howard appears to have enlisted right out of college on June 15, 1918 at age 21. Enlistment records indicate he had grey eyes and auburn hair. We continue to research his military record. Howard never married and had no children. He was honored for his service in the US Army in WWI, Memorial Day 1928. He died in 1970. | US Army Rank? | ? | WWI | 1895 - 1970 |
| A. Russell Smith | Russell Smith 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 | ? |
| George W. States, Sr. | George W. States, Sr. was born January 6, 1899. He lived at 402 Ash Street in Delanco. He joined the US Army and served in Europe during WWI as an ambulance driver. He died August 29, 1979 at age 80. He is buried in Lakeview Memorial Park, Cinnaminson. | US Army, ? | Ambulance Driver | WWI, Europe | 1899 – 1979 |
| Charles Stockton | Charles Stockton 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 | ? |
| Edward B. Stone | Edward Braislin Stone was born June 12, 1878 in Mount Holly. He married Lillian M. Venable on November 1, 1895. He worked as a teacher, a printer, a salesman and a restauranteur. He served in the US Army in the Spanish American War. Edward joined the US Army February 7, 1894. He first served in the US Army in the Spanish American War, entering as a Private in A Co. 3rd NJ Infantry Regiment and was discharged a Sergeant. He went on to serve in the NJ National Guard, rising to the rank of Colonel. When WWI broke out, he personally raised a company of 142 volunteers within 48 hours and entered as a Captain in Co B of the 3rd NJ Infantry, and later served as a Major in Co B 11th Infantry. In later life, he served as Superintendent of New Jersey State Prison and Burlington County Under-Sheriff. He had attained the rank of Colonel at the time of separation. He was a resident of Mount Holly and Trenton, but never a resident of Delanco. He died October 30, 1934 at age 56 and was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Burlington. His service was honored in 1935 with the naming of the Landon – Stone Memorial Bridge connecting Delanco and Riverside. | US Army; NJ Nat Guard; US Army | A Co 6th Inf, PVT; A Co 3rd NJ Reg, SGT; NJ Nat Guard, COL; B CO 11th Inf, COL; 163rd Inf AFF | Span-Am: WWI, Alsace, Argonne, France | 1878 – 1934 |
| Harold Tieman | Harold Tieman was born December 26, 1907. He served in the US Navy during WWI on the USS Camden (AOE-2), a fast combat support ship, as a Fireman 2nd Class. He held ratings as AS, F3cF2 until his discharge September 20, 1928. Harold married Mary Pacevick in 1928. Harold and Mary lived on Ash Street in Delanco and ran a filling station next door on Burlington Avenue at Union. Harold and Mary were the parents of Harold, William, and James Tieman. Harold died January 21, 1970 and is buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Burlington. | US Navy, AS, F3cF2 Fireman 2nd Class | USS Camden (AOE-2) | WWI | 1907 - 1970 |
| Frank E. Toy | Frank E. Toy was born in 1867. He married Frances J. Litle in 1890; Parernts of Frank Lester Toy. Frank established Lytle & Toy Grocery on Vine Street at Buttonwood in 1905. When WWI broke out, Frank left the store to become a shipbuilder at Cramps Shipyard in Philadelphia. Frank died in 1950 at age 83 and is buried in Monument Cemetery in Beverly. | Naval Construction Cramp's Shipyard | ? | WWI | 1867 - 1950 |
| Frank Lester Toy | Frank Lester Toy was the son of Frank E. and Frances J. Litle Toy of Delanco. He was the husband of Lidie. Lester served in the US Army during WWI. When he returned to Delanco from the service, he joined the Washington Fire Co., serving as Fire Chief in 1917 and 1918. The Toys lived on the SW corner of Hazel and 3rd. Lester died in 1949 and was buried in Lakeview Memorial Park in Cinnaminson. He was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll and honored for his service during WWI on Memorial Day in 1928. | US Army, ? | ? | WWI | ? - 1949 |
| Reinhold Wagner | Reinhold Wagner 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 | ? |
| John A. Weiler | John Andrew Weiler was born April 23, 1892 in Delanco. John was honored for his service during WWI on Memorial Day in 1928. | US Army | ? | WWI | 1892 - |
| William C.V. Wells | William C.V. Wells, Sr.(?) was the brother-in-law of Frank Lester Toy. William served in the US Army during WWI. He appears to have earned his MD from Hannemann Hospital in 1920 and was a well-loved physician in Delanco. He had his home at the corner of Cedar and Vine. Dr. Wells was listed on Delanco's original WWI Honor Roll. A July 1943 news article decries the availabilty pf physicians i the Delanco/Riverside area because Dr. Wells joined the military, suggesting that he also served in WWII. | US Army | Army Ned Corps? Physician? | WWI, WWII | ? |
| Edward Zimmermann, Sr. | Edward Zimmermann, Sr. was born January 8, 1887. He married Anna Gardner Zimmermann. The couple lived at 303 Union Avenue in Delanco in 1906. In 1917, when WWI broke out, Ed was drafted and sent to Camp Meade. He was assigned to the 304th field signal battalion connected with the 79th division. He went overseas and fought in the Battle of the Argonne Forest in Germany. He suffered a shot of mustard gas before he could get his mask on and suffered a very sore throat burn. Medics gave him some iodine to gargle, but failed to put it on his service record. Ed attained the rank of PFC by seperation. After the war his throat got so bad it cost him $1,000 for treatment of the tissues in his throat. Uncle Sam would do nothing about it because there was no documentation in his service record. Ed married Anna "Nan" Gardner in 1920. According to The Delanco Story, Ed Zimmermann and Ted Heywood of the athletic association were largely credited with obtaining the Bambino, Babe Ruth for the famous exhibition game played in Delanco on July 1, 1924. They began negotiating with the New York Yankees seven weeks prior to the event. Ed and Nan had moved to Cape May Beach and were settled with a fishing livery. His son, had returned from service in the Navy after World War II and they together built a number of row boats and built some cabins for overnight fishermen. They also had a little snack bar and did quite a flourishing business from May till October. They would tow the fishermen with an outboard motor boat and anchor them and return to shore, giving the men an appointed time to return to pick up the boats as they were hired by the hour. Their son decided to give it up and got work in Schenectady, NY and Ed and Nan ran the business but finally gave it up, making quite a profit on real estate. They retired in their home at Town Bank, New Jersey. Nan did practical nursing and Ed was Tax Collector until he became ill. Ed died August 25, 1965. Anna died June 6, 1973. Both are buried in Beverly National Cemetery. | US Army, PFC | B Co, 304th Signal Bat, 79th Div | WWI Camp Meade Argonne Forest Germany | 1887 - 1965 |
| William F. Zimmermann | William Franz Zimmermann was born March 5, 1892 to Charles and Emma Cecelia Zimmermann of Philadelphia. He quit school before high school and got a job as a messenger at Cramp's Shipyard at the drydock and later transferred to the main shipyard. He later took Mechanical Drawing with Mathematics courses with International Correspondence School. During this time, Bill was transferred to I. P. Morris Co., builders of Hydroelectric turbines. He started as a tracer, later worked designing different parts of hydraulic turbines. The Company built most of the units at Niagara Falls and in California. Later he worked at the Barret Mfg. Co. designing chemical process stills and machinery during WWI. They manufactured materials for high explosives. Bill's family moved to Union Avenue in 1906. Bill liked Delanco and the Rancocas Creek so much that, at the age of 16, he and two friends who worked at the shipyard, Abe Leonard and Joseph Wilkins, formed a club called the "Triple Alliance Club". They rented a bungalow on the Thoroughfare in Delanco. Bill was exempted from the draft, but waived the exemption and entered the US Army. He was sent to Camp Meade in September of 1918, was assigned to 154th Depot Brigade and trained in Infantry regulations. Then the entire Camp was put under Quarantine due to a severe epidemic of Influenza. There were 100,000 men training, 10,000 cases of flu, and 1,000 men died. Bill saw men drop on the training field and die the next day. The war ended, otherwise he would have been assigned to an overseas bound unit, the 11th Division. Later he was assigned to the Engineering Department of the Camp Utilities. He designed a fire alarm system for the entire Camp. They surveyed the areas where sand had been excavated (to build camp roads) as the government paid landowners per yard for the sand used. Later they laid out tennis courts, baseball diamonds (which were never used), a rifle range, and the foundations for a pumping station. Bill was offered a job with the contractor who took over the operation of the camp utilities at $1.35 an hour (fair pay at the time) but he said he had enough of camp life and was discharged as a sergeant in May, 1919. By this time, the Triple Alliance Club had disbanded. The boys married and had other interests, Bill's parents took over the club. Bill fell in love with Alvine Fest and they married on July 26, 1926. Their son, Robert was born September 5, 1927. Alvine died October 28, 1947 at age 55. Bill married (2nd) Mrs. Lillian M. Kettler. Bill died November 21, 1989 and is buried with Alvine in Northwood Cemetery in Philadelphia. | US Army Sgt. | 154th Depot Brigade Engineering Camp Utilities | WWI Camp Meade | 1892-1929 |
Updated October 30, 2023