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| Name | Narrative | Branch and Rank | Unit and Specialty | Conflict/Arena | Born/Died |
| 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 |
Updated October 30, 2023