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| Name | Narrative | Branch and Rank | Unit and Specialty | Conflict/Arena | Born/Died |
| 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 |
| Cecilia J. Bohnberger | Cecilia Dorothy Jones was born in 1927. She was the wife of Frederick W. Bohnberger of Delanco. They were active at Dobbins Memorial Church. They lived at 628 Laurel Street in Delanco. Cecilia served in the US Army during WWII and attained the rank of Staff Sgt. She died in 1989 and was buried in Beverly National Cemetery. | US Army, SSgt | ? | WWII | 1927 – 1989 |
| Frederick W. Bohnberger, Sr. | Fred Bohnberger, Sr. was born October 29, 1925. He served in the US Army 63rd Infantry from 1942 – 1945 in Germany and France. He earned Combat Infantry; Bronze Star; European, Africa, Middle East Campaign with Battle Stars; WWII Victory medal; German Army of Occupation/NJ Distinguished Service Medal; Good Conduct Medal; Two Presidential Citations; County of Burlington Military Service Medal; and Sharp Shooter Medal. He married (1st) Cecelia, who died in 1989, and (2nd) Anna Teresa, known as Penny. The family was active at Dobbins Memorial Church. After the war, Fred entered the Civil Service as a carpenter and worked at Ft Dix. He was a long-term member of Washington Fire Co in Delanco, serving as Chief and President. Fred was active with American Legion Post #146 of Riverside and was a Life Member of Riverside VFW. He was also a member of the Combat Infantry Association and Beverly-Riverside Masonic Lodge #107. Fred died August 26, 2015 at age 89 and is buried in Beverly National Cemetery with his first wife, Cecelia. | US Army, PFC | 63rd Inf. | WWII, France/Germany | 1925 - 2015 |
| Charles “Chick” Ven Borden, Jr. | Charles “Chick” Borden was born April 17, 1926, the son of Charles Ven Borden, Sr. and Fannie (Lippincott) of Pennsylvania Avenue; grandson of Howard Borden. Chick attended Delanco schools and graduated from Palmyra High School. He was excellent at all sports, especially baseball, playing 3rd base. Chick met Jane Maloney at Holiday Lake. They dated for five years before they married at Riverside Lutheran Church. They had two children. Chick joined the US Navy and served aboard the battleship USS New York from June 9, 1944 to June 30, 1946. The New York was involved in convoy duty, then action off North Africa. Later it was involved in bombardments of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Chick remembers the terror of the Japanese Kamikaze attacks. Chick earned the American Theater Medal, Victory Medal, Asia then Pacific Medal, Two Stars. After the war, Chick used the GI Bill to study Electrical Design, then went to work for RCA in Camden and Moorestown for 40 years. Chick was a 40-year member of the Washington Fire Co. beginning when it was located on Union Avenue. After the war resumed playing baseball until an injury ended his career, Chick His family was active at Dobbins Memorial Church in Delanco. | US Navy, Seaman 1st Class | USS New York (BB-34) | WWII | 1926 - 2020 |
| Harry E. Brady | Harry E. Brady was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| John L. Brady | John L. Brady was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Ralph E. Brady | Ralph E. Brady was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Nathan T. Brennan | Nathan Thomas Brennan was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. He was born in Manhattan, New York City, NY in 1925. He joined the US Army and served with Merrill’s Marauders in the Chinese-Burma Theater in WWII. He was wounded in Burma and was awarded the Purple Heart. After the war, Nate returned to Delanco. He married Elizabeth J. Brennan; Children: Michael Brennan, Karen Brennan of Panama City, FL, Kathy Reed and husband Tom of Waukesha, WI, Connie Brennan of Cincinnati, OH and Matthew Brennan and wife Pam of Lexington Park, MD. The Brennan family attended St. Bernadette Catholic Church. Nate served as a police officer in Delanco and was elected Chief of Police in 1953 at age 28. He retired in 1981 after 30-years’ service. Nate joined the Washington Fire Co. in 1972. and was honored for 25 years of service in 1997. When he retired in 1981, he moved to Panama City Beach Florida where he lived for his last 30 years. Nate passed away Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at a local nursing facility in Panama City Beach, FL at age 89, and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Panama City. Betty died in Delanco in 2008. | US Army, Rank? | 5307th Composite, Merrill's Marauders | WWII, China-Burma | 1925 – 2014 |
| Paul Brennan | Paul Brennan was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Robert Brennan | Robert Brennan was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. He joined the US Army in WWII and saw combat on Iwo Jima. He later served as postmaster in Quinton NJ. | US Army, Rank? | ? | WWII, South Pacific | ? |
| Harold A. Bright | Harold A bright was born in 1924. He joined the US Naval Reserves and served in WWII, Harold was killed in action in 1945. He was listed on Delanco's original WWII Honor Roll. | US Naval Reserves | ? | WWII | 1924 - 1945 KIA |
| Howard Britton | Howard Britton was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| James J. Brown, Jr. | James J. Brown, Jr. was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Harry H. Brunt, Jr. | Harry Herman Brunt, Jr. was born January 22, 1921 to Harry H. Brunt, Sr, and Anna F. Zurbrugg Brunt, then of Hazel Avenue in Delanco. By 1930 the family had moved on to Riverton, during which time he graduated from Moorestown Friends School, then Virginia Tech with a BS with honors in 1942. He went on to earn his MD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1945. He achieved diplomate from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 1951. Dr. Brunt served in the Army Medical Corps from 1946 to 1948, post WWII, earning the rank of Captain. In 1948 he married Zoe May Bower. Dr. Brunt had a long and distinguished career in psychiatry, serving as the first Medical Director and Chief Administrator of the New Jersey State Hospital at Ancora, and subsequently at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch. He completed his medical career in private practice in Wall and on Long Beach Island where he retired in 2000. He was an avid educator, and teaching medical students and residents was one of his most gratifying accomplishments. Dr. Brunt held teaching positions at Philadelphia area medical schools including Penn, Jefferson, Temple, and Robert Wood Johnson. Dr. Brunt served the mental health community throughout his life, as leader in the American Psychiatric Association, where he served as Speaker of the Assembly from 1971-72, and Board of Trustees from 1972-75. He was also a founding Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists in 1964. He also served as president of the NJ Neuropsychiatric Association and in the Medical Society of New Jersey. He moved to Long Beach Island in 1987, and continued his volunteer activities as Commodore of Beach Haven Yacht Club from 1992-93, as well as many years as club Fleet Surgeon. Dr. Brunt died on January 6, 2007 in Thomas Jefferson Hospital at age 85. Zoe died in 2015, both are interred in Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Bear, Delaware. | US Army Med Corps Capt | ? Psychiatry | Post WWII Montgomery AL | 1921 - 2007 |
| Frank O. Burgeson | Frank O. Burgeson was born in 1921, the son of Ernest A, Burgeson, Sr. He was the husband of Rosemary Burgeson. The couple lived at Second and Center Street in Delanco. Frank joined the US Army Air Corps in September 1942. After a year of training, he shipped out and served in the South Pacific in WWII. Frank served as co-pilot of a B 25D Medium Bomber with the 405th Squadron 38th Bomber Group, earning the rank of 2nd Lt. His bomber was operating out of Durand Field over Astrolabe Bay, Papua New Guinea in the Philippines on December 21, 1943 when they were hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire. Although he was initially listed as Missing in Action, the entire crew was determined lost at sea. Frank was 22 years old. He was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart posthumously. He is memorialized at the Manila-American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. | US Army Air Corp 2nd Lt | 405 Sq 38 Bomb Grp Co-Pilot, B-25D | WWII, South Pacific | 1921 - 1943 KIA |
| James R. "Jim" Burk | James R. Burk was born in Delanco in 1916, the son of Paul H. and Margurite Burk of Bridgeboro, New Jersey. Jim was the younger of Delanco’s two Burk brothers. They grew up on a farm on Coopertown Road and both brothers graduated from Moorestown High School. Both became interested in rowing in 1930 and regularly practiced on the Rancocas Creek, even in winter. Jim followed his brother to the University of Pennsylvania, where they both became competitive rowers. Jim rowed 7 Oar for Penn crew as well as doubles. Jim graduated from Penn in 1939 and won the Doubles at the Royal Henley Regata with Howard McGillen. in Ontario in 1940. When Joe Burk enlisted in the US Navy at the outbreak of WWII in 1941, Jim enlisted in the US Army Air Corps. He married Stella Kline of East Orange, New Jersey. In October 1942, Jim transferred to the US Navy, entering as a machinist's mate Second Class. He was soon promoted to PT boat skipper serving in the Pacific with the rank of Lt Junior Grade like his brother, Joe. His boat was hit and sunk when American planes mistakenly bombed his boat. Jim was initially regarded as missiong in action, then lost at sea October 29, 1944. James R Burk is memorialized at Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines. He was awarded the Purple Heart, American Campaign Medal, Navy Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and Navy Expeditionary Medal. Jim was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | USAAC, then US Navy, LT JG | PT Boat Commander | WWII, Southwest Pacific | 1916 – 1944 KIA |
| Joseph W. “Joe” Burk | He was born January 19, 1914 in Philadelphia, to Paul and Margurite Burk. Joe was the elder of the two Burk brothers of Delanco that grew up on a farm on Route 130 in Delanco. Joe graduated from Moorestown High School. He was an accomplished athlete in high school, lettering in multiple sports. Both Burk boys became interested in competitive rowing in 1930. Both attended the University of Pennsylvania and concentrated on rowing at the University. Joe competed first in the eights then in singles. He trophied in many regattas in America and England and was expected to medal in the 1940 Olympics, but the outbreak of WWII brought cancellation of the games. Joe enlisted in the US Navy and served as commander of patrol torpedo boat PT-320 in the Pacific in World War II. On March 29, 1943 as an ensign, he was assigned to command Motor Torpedo Squadron Twenty-One, and reported to the New York City Navy Yard for outfitting. He commanded PT-320. Assigned to the South Pacific, his crew staged raids that sank 26 Japanese supply barges between November 1943 and January 1944 off New Guinea and New Britain. He also had the honor of ferrying General Douglas MacArthur between islands that had only recently been captured by the Americans. Burk was awarded the Navy Cross, his service’s highest award for valor after the Medal of Honor, for raids in the face of enemy bombings and shore-battery attacks, and for two "secret missions far behind enemy lines." He was awarded Navy Cross for his efforts. He also received the Silver Star and the Bronze Star. At the time of the award he was a Lieutenant Junior Grade. Joe's wife, Kay was the sister of the second in command on his PT boat. Joe returned to Delanco after the war and returned to competitive rowing and coaching. He died in Scottsdale, Arizona on January 13, 2008 at age 93. Burial location unknown. Joseph William "Joe" Burk was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | US Navy, LT JG | PT Boat Commander Captain, PT-320 Commander, Flotilla 21 | WWII, Southwest Pacific | 1914 –2008 |
| John M. Cantrall | John M. Cantrall was born in 1916 and graduated Burlington High School in 1934. He served in the US Navy in WWII. He married in 1947. He died in 1996 at age 80. | US Navy, Rank? | Unit? | WWII | 1916 – 1996 |
| William E. “Bud” Carl, Jr. | William E. "Bud" Carl, Jr. was born in 1917 and grew up on Taylor and Filmore Street in Riverside. He served in the US Army; 4th Platoon, 3rd Batt, I Co, 30th Div. 117th Inf, the Old Hickory Division under Cols. Henry E. Kelly and Walter M. Johnson from August 11, 1941 to September 26, 1945. He trained at Ft. Jackson, SC, then deployed to Europe. He was involved in the D-Day invasion at Omaha Beach, then the Normandy Hedgerows. The force then moved from Belgium, to France, to Holland, and to Germany until they joined Patton’s forces and Eisenhower gave the order to halt, just 60 miles from Berlin. His specialty was 60mm mortars, earning the the rank of PFC. He earned the American Defense Service Medal and was awarded a Purple Heart. Bud married Alice and moved to Walter Ave in Delanco in 1948. His family was active at Dobbins Memorial Church in Delanco. He died 2005 and was buried in Wlm C. Doyle National Cemetery in Arneytown. | US Army, PFC | 30th Div, 117th Inf, Old Hickory Div. 60 mm artillery | WWII Europe | 1917 - 2005 |
| Wesley W. Carr, Jr. | Wesley Warner Carr, Jr was born September 19, 1922 to Warner W. and Nora J. Carr, Sr. of Chestnut Street in Delanco. He joined the US Army in WWII at age 19 and fought in Europe. He participated in the Invasion of Normandy, landing on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He attained the rank of Tech 5. Wesley was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. He married Louise P. Peters. Two Sons: Wesley III and Dennis. After the war he attended the University of Miami and spent his 33-year professional career working as a Hearing Officer for the US Department of Labor. Louise died in 2002 and Wesley died in 2003. Both are buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Burlington. | US Army, Tech 5 | ? | WWII, Europe | 1922 - 2003 |
Updated October 30, 2023