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| Name | Narrative | Branch and Rank | Unit and Specialty | Conflict/Arena | Born/Died |
| Marcus M. Fenimore | Marcus M. "Mark" Fenimore was born in Burlington to William E. Fenimore, Sr. and Margaret L Dorsey Fenimore of Delanco in June of 1930; Grandson of Ed Fenimore; Half-brother of William E. Fenimore, Howard Norcross and Patricia Caputo. Mark attended Delanco schools and served papers for Mr. Hartung and worked for Hartley's Bakery in his youth. He graduated from Palmyra High School in 1949. He was drafted in 1951 and served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict. He trained at Fort Dix, New Jersey and Camp Drum, New York, then was assigned to the 278 Combat Infantry Battalion at Keflavik Naval Air Station in Iceland for two years. Intended as a temporary wartime base under an agreement with Iceland and the British, the base was built during World War II by the United States Army as part of its mission to maintain the defense of Iceland and secure northern Atlantic air routes. It served to ferry personnel, equipment, and supplies to Europe. It was closed in 1947 and US forces withdrew, but returned in 1951 as the Iceland Defense Force resident on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) base. Mark later served a tour in Far Rockaway Beach, New York during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1951. Mark attained the rank of Corporal by the time he was discharged in 1953. Mark dated Betty Louise Griffith of Delanco while in high school and they were engaged before he went in the service. They were married in November of 1953, eventually settling on Iowa Avenue in 1955, not far from the ancestral Fenimore family farm. They raised three daughters. Mark worked as a lineman at PSE&G for 42 years from 1950 until his retirement in 1992. Betty worked at Ross Pharmacy on Burlington Avenue in Delanco. Mark was a member of South Park Gun Club and American Legion Post 115 in Beverly since 2004, a service officer for over 10 years. The family was active at Dobbins Methodist Church. Mark served as Grand Marshall for the Delanco Memorial Day in 2021. Mark died September 26, 2022 at age 92 and was buried at Brig. William C. Doyle Cemetery in Wrightstown. | US Army Cpl | 278th Combat Inf | Korea Iceland, Cuban Missile Crisis New York | 1930 - 2022 |
Updated October 30, 2023