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| Name | Narrative | Branch and Rank | Unit and Specialty | Conflict/Arena | Born/Died |
| Thomas D. Landon | Thomas Durland Landon was born May 18, 1865 in Belvidere, Warren County NJ to Thomas H. Landon and his wife Sarah Durland. He was educated at Centenary Collegiate Institute in Hackettstown NJ then Wesleyan Academy. When Bordentown Military Academy opened in 1881, he became assistant to his father. Over the years he rose in rank at the school and became Proprietor and Commandant on his father’s death, a title he held until his own death in 1934. In 1892 he married Margaret Adams Reese of Bordentown. He was a long-time United States Army Officer and member of the New Jersey National Guard. He served as Major of the 3rd New Jersey Infantry during the Spanish-American War. He served in the US Army in the Spanish American War as a Private in Co. A 6th Infantry NJ National Guard, then as a Captain in Co. A of the 3rd NJ Volunteer Infantry. During World War I, he was commissioned as Colonel in the United States Army, and was given command of the 114th Infantry Regiment and later served as commander of the 163rd Infantry American Field Forces. He was promoted to Brigadier General of the New Jersey National Guard in 1933. General Landon died on October 29, 1934 at age 69 and was buried in Bordentown Cemetery. He was never a resident of Delanco; however, his service was honored in 1935 with the naming of the Landon – Stone Bridge connecting Delanco and Riverside. | US Army, Captain; NJ Nat Gd, Brig Gen | A Co 6th Inf PVT; A Co 3rd NJ Vol MAJ; NJ Nat Guard BRIG GEN; 114th Inf Reg, COL; 163rd Inf AFF | Span-Am; WWI | 1865 – 1934 |
Updated October 30, 2023