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