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| Name | Narrative | Branch and Rank | Unit and Specialty | Conflict/Arena | Born/Died |
| Robert A. "Midge" Karmade | Robert A. Karmade was born October 16, 1918 in Beverly, the son of Laura McCord and Emelio Karmade; Brother of Joseph Karmade. Robert was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, and was very proud of his service with the 87th Infantry Division, the 'Golden Acorn' while in Europe. He was a member of the VFW Post 3020 Riverside. He married Annette 'Mickey' Brous-Karmade; Children: Susan and Robert. C. Karmade. Robert worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 19 years and retired in 1983. He was an avid bowler and loved to dance. Robert died May 3, 2012 at age 92–93 in Newark, DE. He is buried in Brig Gen Wm C Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown, NJ. | US Army, CPL | 87th Inf | WWII, Europe | 1918 - 2012 |
| Herbert H. Kearns | Herbert Harrison Kearns was born on December 11, 1925 in Baden, North Carolina. He joined the US Marine Corps and fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima. He moved to Beverly NJ and went to work for RCA – David Sarnoff Research Center near Princeton, NJ, helping to develop solar energy collectors. He met Gilda "Jill" Ulissi in Beverly and married her in 1950. He later became a teacher at Holy Cross High School in Delran. He was a key force in building the American Legion Hall in Riverside. Later in life, Herb and Jill bought a house on McCay Way in Delanco. Herb died July 15, 2016 in Delanco and was buried in Beverly National Cemetery. | US Marines, Cpl | ? | WWII, Iwo Jima | 1925 – 2016 |
| George Keebler | George Keebler joined the US Army and served in Keflavik Naval Air Station in Iceland during WWII. George and his wife Margaret lived at 532 Burlington Avenue in Delanco. George was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | US Army | Infantry | WWII Keflavik Naval Air | ? |
| Daniel M. Kendall | Daniel M. Kendall was born July 15, 1916. He served as a corporal in the 120th Inf, 30th Division of the US Army. He gave his life for his country on August 22, 1944 at age 28 and is buried in Beverly National Cemetery. He was awarded the Purple Heart. | US Army, Cpl | 120th Inf, 30th Inf div | WWII | 1916 - 1944 KIA |
| Richard J. Ketchel | Richard J. Ketchel was born in May of 1927 in Riverside to Chester J. and Helen Ketchel. Richard enlisted in the US Navy in 1944 at age 17 to serve in WWII. He served as a radioman on the Edsall class destroyer escort USS Martin H Ray (DE-338) in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters for the duration of the war. He was in New York City for VE Day, May 8, 1945, and in San Diego for VJ Day, August 14, 1945. Richard earned a degree in drafting from Temple University. He married Rosemary Digney of the Olney section of Philadelphia in 1954; 4 children. They were married for 62 years. Richard and Rosemary started RK Metals in Riverside in 1973. Richard served as President and Rosemary as Vice President. They ran the company for 25 years until retiring in 1998. They started their family in Delanco, but moved on to Cinnaminson, Delran, Haddonfield and Charlottesville, Virginia, with a summer home in Beach Haven on Long Beach Island where they were active at Spray Beach Yacht Club, where Richard is a Past Commodore. They also enjoyed a winter residence in Hobe Beach, Florida. Rosemary died in 2006 and Richard died in 2021. Both are buried in Lakeview Memorial Park in Cinnaminson. | US Navy ? | USS Martin H Ray (DDE-338) Radioman | WWII, Atlantic/Pacific Theaters | 1927 - 2021 |
| Warren E. Keys | Warren E. Keys was was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. He was born May 30, 1921. He served as a corporal in the US Army during WWII. He died June 5, 2003 at age 82 and is buried in Beverly National Cemetery. | US Army, Cpl | ? | WWII | 1921 - 2003 |
| William Keys | William Keys was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Albert Kilcher | Albert Kilcher was born June 1, 1921 and grw up in Atlantic City, NJ. He played varsity ice hockey in high school. Albert served in the US Navy in WWII aboard the USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865), a Gearing-class destroyer and the USS Erickson (DD-440), he toured through Italy and North Africa. He later served in the Korean Conflict and attained the rank of Petty Officer 3rd Class. He was awarded the NJ Distinguished Service Medal. When the wars ended, his sense of exploration only grew and his travels took him through Colorado, Utah, Nevada and California. Returning to New Jersey in the late 1950's, he met and married Mary Demetoglous, and raised their daughter, Michele. Albert spent his career as a chef, working at several restaurants in the area including, the Holly House, the Rickshaw, Flo's Lakeside Tavern and the Sheraton Post. Albert was preceded in death by his wife. He died Febryuary 26, 2010 at age 88 and is buried in Lakeview Memorial Park. | US Navy, PO 3rd Class | USS Charles Ware (DD-865) USS Erickson (DD-440) | WWII, Korea | 1921 - 2010 |
| Charles Kimball | Charles Kimball joined the US Army and served in England. He met Louise while serving in England. She followed him back to the US after the war. They married and moved to Moorestown. They later moved to Rancocas Woods and then to Delanco. Louise died in 2008 at age 88. | US Army, Rank? | Unit? | WWII | ? |
| Samuel D. Kirk | Samuel D. Kirk was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Richard F. Kostrub | Richard F. Kostrub was born about 1927 in Delanco, but was a resident of Riverside for many years. He proudly served his country during WWII in the US Coast Guard, Merchant Marines and US Army. He was a member of the 2nd Infantry Indianhead Division under the 1st, then the 3rd Army under General Patton. The Indianheads arrived at Omaha Beach on D-Day +1. They fought across the hedgerows in Normandy and liberated the port city of Brest in September of 1944. They attacked and seized the Roer River dams, pierced the Siegfried Line, then fought with the 101st Airborne in the Battle of the Bulge. Then the division dashed across Czechoslovakia to Pilsen. After the war, He married Doris Voshell and raised a family. He worked as an office clerk for Colorado Fuel and Iron, then Roebling Steel for many years. In later life he became a bus driver for Safety Tours and DMB Tours. He served as chaplain for both Delran VFW 3020 and American Legion Post 146. Richard died on November 16, 2020 at age 93 and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Cinnaminson. He.was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | USCG Merchant Marine, US Army | 2nd Inf Div, 1st & 3rd Army Indianhead Division | WWII | 1927 - 2020 |
| Leslie C. Krauser, Jr. | Leslie C. Krauser, Jr. was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Norman H. Kreiger | Norman H. Kreiger was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Ralph C. Kreiger | Ralph C. Kreiger was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Leslie C. "Pete" Krusen, Jr. | Leslie Conard "Pete" Krusen, Jr. was born in Cooper Hospital in Camden on December 31, 1925, the son of Leslie Conard and Kathryn Malan Krusen, Sr. His family was living at 617 Delaware Avenue at the time. In 1927, his parents purchased a home at 110 Oakford, next door to Pete's grandparents home at 1117 Delaware Avenue, and became part of the Krusen family "compound". His father taught Pete how to swim. He attended Hickory Street and Walnut Street schools, skipping 4th grade, graduating in 1938, then Moorestown Friends School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the yearbook, graduating in 1943. Pete engaged in lots of local sports activities. Football, baseball, and ice hockey on Nelly’s Pond. He learned to box from Hal Horner, a friend of his dad, who had been captain of the Naval Academy boxing team. The family were serious sailors - dusters, comets a catboat, and thistles - mostly on the Delaware to summers cruising the Chesapeake aboard the "Seabat" and up the coast in the motor-sailor "Fishguts". Pete received an appointment to the Naval Academy, but was initially rejected for flat feet. He was eventually accepted to the V-12 Officers Training Program held at Penn, followed by two months at Asbury Park Pre-Midshipman School, receiving his Ensign’s Commission after four months at Northwestern Midshipman School, followed by several months of Destroyer Training School at Norfolk. He picked up his ship, the destroyer the USS Watts (DD-567) at Yokosuka Naval Base, Tokyo Bay, arriving 2 weeks after Japan's formal surrender. He served as gunnery officer and assistant navigator. He participated in Japan occupation activities. His five-ship division returned in late 1945 by way of Midway, Pearl Harbor, San Diego, and the Panama Canal, weathering a serious typhoon, arriving at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in December. In February 1946 They sailed to Charleston, While there, Pete organized a baseball team which tied for second in the local Navy League. In April he transferred off the ship, becoming the Aide to Commodore Ralph W. Hungerford, Commandant of the 16th fleet. He deactivated to the Naval Reserve in 1946 attaining the rank of Lieutant J.G. a year later. He returned to Penn's Wharton Business School for his final two years. He joined Delta Psi fraternity, and competed in football and sailing, graduating from Wharton in 1948. He landed a job at US Pipe in Burlington. Pete married Helen Argonne "Dede" Frank on February 21, 1953. In 1954, the family moved to Illinois then Kansas City because of Pete’s job promotions. In 1976 Pete took a job with McWane in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, then Sales Manager forAtlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co. In 1958, they built a home near Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1988, Pete became Sales Manager for Canada Pipe Co., renting a home near Hamilton, Canada. Pete retired August 31, 1991 returning to Saylorsburg. Pete served as an enumerator for the 2000 census. Dede died on March 4, 2008. She was interred at Homet Cemetery near Wyalusing, Pennsylvania. Pete moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas in November 2014 to be near family. | US Navy, Ens US Naval Res Lt JG | USS Watts (DD-567) Asst Gunnery Officer Asst Navigator Aide to Commodore Hungerford | WWII, South Pacific, Japan, Charleston SC | 1925 - |
| Bernard J. Leavy | Bernard Joseph Leavy was born June 8, 1919 to James Leavy, Sr. and Annie Moran Leavy of Philadelphia. Bernard enlisted in the US Navy on September 20, 1942 to serve in WWII at age 23. He was single, living in Philadelphia, and noting his mother as next-of-kin on his registration papers. In 1943, while serving, he married Anna Lynda W. Kussa of Riverside, NJ; Anna lived at 318 West Vine Street, Delanco while Bernard was in the service. Barnard served aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) in the South Pacific serving as Ship's Cook. He was in the Navy for under three years and served in six major offenses attaining the rank of Petty Officer 2nd Class. He was killed in action as a result of a kamikaze raid on the USS Franklin, March 19, 1945, an incident resulting in the loss of over 800 of her crew, becoming the most heavily damaged United States aircraft carrier to survive the war. Bernard was considered lost at sea and is included in a memorial in the Courts of the Missing in Honolulu, Hawaii, listed as Bernard J. Leavy, Ship's Cook 2nd Class, USNR Pennsylvania. He received the Purple Heart. There were no children from this marriage. | US Navy, Petty Officer SC2C | USS Franklin (CV-13) Ship's Cook | WWII, South Pacific | 1919 - 1945 KIA |
| Richard Leconey | Richard Leconey was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
| Frank Leith | Frank Leith was born in 1924. He served in the US Air Force in WWII. He was held for a time as a prisoner of war. He later returned to Delanco and served on the Delanco police force. He died in 1994. | USAF, Rank? | Unit? | WWII | 1924 – 1994 |
| Joseph R. Leon, Jr. | Joseph R. Leon, Jr. was born in Pennsylvania on February 6, 1920 to Joseph R. and Anna Leon Sr. The family was living in Delanco Gardens in 1940. Joe served as a pilot in the US Army Air Corps in WWII attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant. He lived at 101 Maple Avenue in Delanco. Joe owned the I.M.E. Machine Company on Creek Road in Delanco, which makes machinery for the foam industry. Joe died when the twin-engine plane he was piloting crashed on Monday, November 30, 1987. The accident also took the life of beloved Delanco school principal, M Joan Pearson. The two had been friends for over 20 years. The plane was bringing them home from a Thanksgiving trip to Florida. The plane crashed into a creek in Beaufort, South Carolina. He was 67 years old. He is buried in Beverly National Cemetery. | USAAC, PFC | Pilot | WWII | 1920 - 1987 |
| Wayne Frederick Lindh | Wayne Frederick Lindh was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. | ? | ? | WWII | ? |
Updated October 30, 2023