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| Name | Narrative | Branch and Rank | Unit and Specialty | Conflict/Arena | Born/Died |
| William A. Emery | William A. "Will" Emery was born in Riverside on November 21, 1922. He graduated from Riverside High School in 1939. He attended Chamberlain Metal School, then for General Motors in Trenton, where he worked on airplanes. In 1942, at the beginning of WWII, Will joined the US Navy where he served as an aircraft mechanic. AM 2nd Class. After the war, Will worked at Rohm & Haas until 1948 when he took a position with the US Post Office in Riverside. He retired as Superintendent of Operations in 1981 after 33 years of service. Will married Eunice P. Yoos of Riverside in 1952. They were active members of Zion Lutheran Church where Will was Scout Master of the first Riverside Scout Troop in 1948 and Eunice was scout leader for the first Riverside Girl Scout Troop in 1949. Will served on church council and ushered, and Will and Eunice co-chaired the annual Octoberfest. Will also served as treasurer of the Delanco Cub Scouts and was a member of Delanco Library Board and the Shade Tree Commission. The couple were active in Republican politics and served on numerous committees. Will served as campaign chairman for the Republican Club and served on the Election Board. Eunice Served as Delanco Tax-Collector before her retirement. After retirement, Will worked for Eastwick's Florist delivering flowers until 2002. Will and Eunice were also partners in Yoos Beauty Supply in Riverside. Eunice died December 26, 2009 and Will died on April 6, 2022. Both are buried in Lakeview Memorial Park in Cinnaminson. Emery Way in Newton's Landing was named in their honor for their service to the community. | US Navy, AM 2/c | ? Aircraft Mechanic | WWII ? | 1922 - 2022 |
| Weldon N. Emmons | Weldon N. Emmons was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| 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 | ? |
| 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, 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 |
| 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 | ? |
| Paul Frank | Paul Frank was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Clifford H. Galbraith | Clifford H. Galbraith was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Henry K. Getz | Henry Karl Getz was born September 12, 1925 in Philadelphia to Frederick S. and Christine Stumpfe Getz, Sr.; Sibling to veterans John Paul Getz and Texas Richard Getz. The family was living at 1821 Thayer Street in Philadelphia in the 1930 Census. Curiously, Henry, age 5, was not listed. The family was living at 910 W. York Street in 1942. Henry registered for the draft and served in the US Army in WWII. After the war, in 1950, Henry was living with the family in a converted boathouse on the Rancocas Creek in Delanco. He married Louise (date unknown) and died in 1991 at age 66. | US Army ? | ? ? | WWII | 1925 - 1991 |
| John P. Getz | John Paul Getz was born January 14, 1926 in Philadelphia to Frederick S. and Christine Stumpfe Getz, Sr.; Sibling to veterans Henry K. Getz and Texas R. Getz. The family was living at 1821 Thayer Street in Philadelphia in 1930 and 910 W. York Street in 1942. He registered for the draft on January 6, 1943 and served in WWII. After the war, in 1950, John was listed living with the family in a converted boathouse on the Rancocas in Delanco. John died May 8, 1989 at age 62. | ? ? | ? ? | WWII | 1926 - 1989 |
| John H. Giberson, Jr. | John Henry Giberson, Jr. was born in Edgewater Park October 19, 1923, the son of John H. and Harriet M. Giberson, Sr. He attended local schools and worked for Century Mills and GD Shaefer Ice & Coal before he enlisted in WWII February 23, 1943. He trained in Texas then shipped overseas to North Africa. He served in the European Theater of Operation. Durling a long Battle for Cassino in Italy, John was wounded on January 26 and was listed as Missing in Action. He was 20 years old. In fact, John had been caprtured by the Germans and was taken to Germany and imprisoned in Stallag 2-B in Hammerstein for 18 months. During his imprisonment he worked on farms around Hammerstein. John reported that, the prisoners started marching westward and were deprived of food, covering about a thousand miles in 90 days, often seeking selter in local barns. He claimed that, without food packages from the Red Cross, they would certainly have starved. While marching through Berchdesgaden, he was surprised to see Adolf Hitler. He was liberated by American forces on May 3,1945 and flown to France for medical attention, then given a 64-day furlough at a rest camp in Nashville, North Carolina. He had lost 60 pounds during his imprisonment John held the rank of Private. He was awarded the Purple Heart, Infantry Combat Badge. After his discharge in 1945 , John found his way home to surprise his parents at 3:30 in the morning at their home at 506 Taylor Street in Riverside. John later lived at 527 Poplar Street in Delanco. John died on April 4, 1981 and is buried in Monument Cemetery in Beverly. He is listed on the original Delanco WWII Honor Roll. | US Army | ? | WWII, North Africa, Italy, POW in Germany | 1923 – 1981 |
| George Glose | George Glose was born in 1930 in Allentown PA. He joined the US Marine Corps in WWII. After the war he was living in Newportville Pennsylvania. He worked as a mechanic and construction worker with Local 332. He married Marie Wickert in 1984. He moved to Newton’s Landing in 2003. George died in 2009. | US Marines, Rank? | Unit? | WWII | 1930 – 2009 |
| William G. "Bill" Goodwin | William Georg "Bill" Goodwin, was born in Pennsylvania on April 2, 1906. He eloped to marry Marion K. Jones, also of Philadelphia, in 1924 when they were quite young. Bill worked for Pennsylvania Railroad until 1930, then went to work for the Army Corps of Engineers in 1932. The family moved to Delanco in 1935 because the boat that Bill worked on was stationed at the Union Avenue wharf. Bill served as a diver for the Army Corps of Engineers until 1946, but had to stop diving due to having one of his kidneys removed. He then served as a supervisor on the dredges that worked in the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays. When WWI broke out, Bill volunteered, but could not be assigned to active duty for medical reasons. He continued to serve with the US Army Corps of Engineers and was assigned to do geodedic surveys of the Delaware River north of Fort Mifflin. The family lived first on Hickory Street near Union, then on Burlington Avenue near Walnut. After the war, Bill joined the Delanco Police Department and organized the Special Officers in the early 1950s. As a part-time police officer in Delanco, Bill regularly worked security on Friday evenings at the Delanco Savings and Loan and as a crossing guard on Burlington Avenue for Dobbins Memorial Church. After church on Sundays Bill worked security at Holiday Lake in his role as police officer. Bill died in 1965. Bill and Marion are buried in Lakeview Memorial Park in Cinnaminson. Photos of Bill are in the Delanco photo archive. | US Army Corps Eng | US Army Corps Eng Diver, Dredge Supervisor, Geotetic Surveyor | WWII, Delaware Bay, Chesapeake Bay | 1906 -1965 |
| Aaron Graham | Aaron Graham was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Elmer W. Graham | Elmer W. Graham was born to William Graham of Carroll Street in Riverside. Elmer became engaged to Edna Lillian Frech of Delran. He enlisted in the US Army in lieu of his brother, John. He served in the 2nd Armored Division in North Africa during WWII, attaining the rank of Corporal. During a battle against Rommel's Panzer Division, Elmer's tank was hit and he was later captured by the Germans hiding in a barn. He was taken prisoner and held captive in Germany for two and a half years. He attempted to escape three times, but was recaptured each time and subjected to harsh mistreatment by the Germans. He recalls gaining his freedom through the famous Brandenberg Gate. After the war, he married Edna and soon settled at 1100 Burlington Ave in Delanco. They had four children. Elmer worked for Public Service Bus Co. in Riverside until his retirement. He drove excursions to New York City. He was a devout Catholic and attended St. Peter's RC Church in Riverside. He also coached basketball at St. Peter's school. He died at age 56 due to the mistreatment of his German captivity. Elmer's name does not appear on Delanco's original WWII Honor Roll. | Branch? Rank? | Unit? | WWII | ? |
Updated October 30, 2023