Pennsauken Township in Camden County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Veteran's Island
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1. Veteran's Island Marker
Inscription.
Veteran's Island. . [Sign at entrance to the memorial:]
Camden County Board of Freeholders Welcomes you to, Veteran's Island Camden County Park System, Dedicated to all Camden County Veterans for their honorable service October 2006 . [Plaque at the entrance to the island:]
The Wall That Heals. Camden County honors the courage, sacrifice and devotion to duty and country of its Vietnam Veterans.
Camden County residents killed in the Vietnam War. Phillip Curtis Adams · Ronald Joseph Bates · Joseph Lenord Biddle · Ronald Leslie Bond · Henry Joseph Boye Jr. · Harry Gerald Brannon · Thomas Leopold Busch III · Frank Harry Bushey · Robert Nel Carter · John Stanborou Cartwright · James Castaldi · Robert Edward Church · Wayne Douglas Clements · Sidney Cohen · Wayne Albert Colantuono · William Alvin Comey · Christopher Cowen · Christopher Michael Daniels · Edward Steven Daniels · Charles Henry Davis · Walter Edward Demsey Jr. · Victor Di Cavallucci · Francis Thomas Dillon · Isaiah Anthony Dobbins · Harry Joseph Ellis III · James Michael Esposito · Paul James Flaherty · Joseph William Francis Jr. · Angelo Giacobbe · James Xavier Gilch · Daniel J. Giordano III · Steven Michael Goldsboro · Paul Joseph Golembski · Victor Mahlon Gross · John Matthew Haley Jr. · John Anthony Halladay · William Bernard Hamacher · Francis Joseph Hayes Jr. · Ronald David Heck · Joseph Leonard Hesson III · Eugene John Hill Jr. · Frank William Humes · James Edward Kennedy · Frank Joseph Kohlmyer · Donald Ernest Heggan · Joseph Edward Lauer · Robert James Lazaro · John Dennis Leary · Lawrence Frank Lubonski · Andrew Matyas · John Joseph McCarthy · Francis Charles Miduski · George William Miller · Thomas Craig Miller · Vincent Duncan Monroe · Robert John Morris · Barrie Myron Newton · Ronald William Nickerson · George Richard Obermeier · Joseph Everett Packer Jr. · Richard Patterson · Warren W. Pfefferle · Anthony J. Piersanti Jr. · Wayne Robert Quarles · Donald Page Reamer · John Michael Reid · William Francis Ridge · Robert Richard Hustler · John Joseph Rodgers · Francis L. Rossell Jr. · Luis Santiago Santiago · Anthony Michael Schmutz · William Alexander Scott · John David Smith · Douglas Martin Soroka · George Joseph Stephens · Otis Franklin Thompson · Joseph Thoma Tiefenthaler · John Edward Tipton · Jonathan R. Vars · Lawrence Joseph Virgilio · Robert John Wade · Michael Arthur Walters · Herbert Franklin White · Randolph Recardo Wilkins · Glen Raymond Williams · Robert Alton Williams · Paul Leroy Woodard · Steven Walter Young,
Roseanna Hoster Crosbie Director of Military Affairs Office of the Camden County Clerk, December 4, 1922 - June 12, 1998. Special recognition to the family and friends of Roseanna Hoster Crosbie for their contributions to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund in her memory., [The island features a series of plaques about facts and figures for Camden County's veterans from World War I to present:]
1917 - 1918 Sacred to the memory of those who died in the service of their country.. William S. Ablett · Lawrence S. Adams · John Robert Adams · Thomas J. Allen, Jr. · Chester Anzide · Albert J. Atger · John B. H. Baker · Arlington Baltimore · David Barnaby · Frederick H. Baynes · Otto H. Bean · Edwin Beckley · Charles Behrend · Walter J. Behrer · Ralph Benner · Chester L. Bennett · Samuel Benson · Carl F. Bicker · David T. Borland · Benjamin Borstein · Allen H. Bossert · Henry J. Bowes · George A. Bowers · John Otto Boyson · Jack Brody · Joseph Brznszkiewicz · William J. Burke · Walter Ernest Butsch · Luigi Carpani · Frank J. Carver · Robert H. Carr · Howard W. Cassady · Louis J. Certain · Robert F. Christy · John Joseph Clynes · William Coonrod · Joseph F. Covert · William Craig · John Cunningham · Jacob F. Currie · Charles T. Daniels · Gean Davidson · Tasker H. Davidson · John T. Deighan · Philip Diaz · Leon A. Dickinson · Alfred W. Dilks · Edward H Dorsey · Otto Dreher · Ernest Eckersley · Ralph B. Elder · Hammitt K. Elliott · Christopher Evans, Jr. · Frank M. Falls · Nicola Fanello · William F. Farrell · Henry P. Favereau · Jacob Feldman · James Fornek · Raymond C. Frech · Gaylord Freeman · Silas S. Furbush · Michael Gapinski · Richard Giest · Stanislau Gontarski · Fred W. Grigg · Rowland H. Gross · Howard W. Haines · Michael Hanaghue · George Henry · William S. Hey · William M. Hickman · Percy L. Hollinshed · William Hoyle · Elmer Hunt · John T. Hyland · Howard Jordan · Emerson J. Kane · Clarence K. Kantz · Max Karpook · Enos S. Kimble · Herman John King · Walter J. Kirk · William S. Laskowski · Leon A. Lippincott · Edgar Burton Lloyd · Edward M. McGowan · James A. McGuckin · Hersey Mander · Anthony Martin · Charles A. Mathews · Edwin M. Matthews · Edward B. May · Robert E. Meggett · John H. Meisle · Allan Irving Morgan · Angelo Mucci · James L. Murray · Walter Murray · James Murtha · Norman Nicholson · John A. Overland · Noah J. Palmer · Leon P. Parker · Bert Pennington · Will Petteway · Eugene Pollastrine · Oliver R. Purnell · John Howard Read · Cornelius Redd · Samuel J. Reichard · Richard L. Reighn · James E. Reynolds · Harry Roles · David H. Ross · Benjamin J. Sandlow · Albert T. Schleicher, Jr. · William Schucker · John J. Sheldon · Charles H. Sickler · Stephen Slomkowski · Kenneth L. Steck · Harry A Steeple · Edward J. Steigerwald · Fred D. Stimpson · Eben Stout · William P. Tatem · George E. Trebing · Raymond C. Thoirs · Albert C. Thompson · Joseph A. Tinsman · William Troutt · William E. Truxton · Frank H. Valentine · Gaetano Vincignerra · Harry C. Wagner · Martin R Waldvogel · August F. Walter · Elizabeth H. Weimann · Philip C. Wendell · Calvin D. Whyte · Earl C. Willett · Norman W. Wohlken · John Wojtkowiak · Thomas H. Wright · Ellwood K. Young · Townsend C. Young, Dedicated by Victory and Memorial Committee of Camden County.,
World War I 1917-1918, U.S. entered: April 6, 1917 U.S. military served: 4,734,991 MIA - 3,183 Killed in Action: U.S. - 53,402 Camden County - 134.
In Memory of the U.S. Merchant Marine and U.S. Navy Armed Guard Veterans of World War II. ,
World War II 1941-1945, U.S. entered: December 7, 1941 U.S. military served: 16,112,566 MIA - 78,773 Killed in Action: U.S. - 291,557 Camden County - 924, Korean War 1950-1953 U.S. entered: June 27, 1950 U.S. military served: 5,720,000 MIA - 8,177 Killed in Action: U.S. - 33,741 Camden County - 55, Vietnam War 1960-1975, U.S. entered: August 5, 1964 U.S. military served: 3,403,000 MIA - 2,583 Killed in Action: U.S. - 58,486 Camden County - 88, Desert Shield/Desert Storm War 1990-1991, U.S. entered: August 2, 1990 U.S. military served: 665,476 MIA - 1 Killed in Action: U.S. - 147 Camden County - 7, Global War on Terror 2001-____, U.S. entered: September 11, 2001. [The remainder of the plaque has been damaged and is unreadable.]
[Sign at entrance to the memorial:]
Camden County
Board of Freeholders
Welcomes you to
Veteran's Island
Camden County Park System
Dedicated to all Camden County Veterans for their honorable service
October 2006
[Plaque at the entrance to the island:]
The Wall That Heals
Camden County honors the courage, sacrifice and devotion to duty and country of its Vietnam Veterans.
Camden County residents killed in the Vietnam War
Phillip Curtis Adams ·
Ronald Joseph Bates ·
Joseph Lenord Biddle ·
Ronald Leslie Bond ·
Henry Joseph Boye Jr. ·
Harry Gerald Brannon ·
Thomas Leopold Busch III ·
Frank Harry Bushey ·
Robert Nel Carter ·
John Stanborou Cartwright ·
James Castaldi ·
Robert Edward Church ·
Wayne Douglas Clements ·
Sidney Cohen ·
Wayne Albert Colantuono ·
William Alvin Comey ·
Christopher Cowen ·
Christopher Michael Daniels ·
Edward Steven Daniels ·
Charles Henry Davis ·
Walter Edward Demsey Jr. ·
Victor Di Cavallucci ·
Francis Thomas Dillon ·
Isaiah Anthony Dobbins ·
Harry Joseph Ellis III ·
James Michael Esposito ·
Paul James Flaherty ·
Joseph William Francis Jr. ·
Angelo Giacobbe ·
James Xavier Gilch
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Daniel J. Giordano III ·
Steven Michael Goldsboro ·
Paul Joseph Golembski ·
Victor Mahlon Gross ·
John Matthew Haley Jr. ·
John Anthony Halladay ·
William Bernard Hamacher ·
Francis Joseph Hayes Jr. ·
Ronald David Heck ·
Joseph Leonard Hesson III ·
Eugene John Hill Jr. ·
Frank William Humes ·
James Edward Kennedy ·
Frank Joseph Kohlmyer ·
Donald Ernest Heggan ·
Joseph Edward Lauer ·
Robert James Lazaro ·
John Dennis Leary ·
Lawrence Frank Lubonski ·
Andrew Matyas ·
John Joseph McCarthy ·
Francis Charles Miduski ·
George William Miller ·
Thomas Craig Miller ·
Vincent Duncan Monroe ·
Robert John Morris ·
Barrie Myron Newton ·
Ronald William Nickerson ·
George Richard Obermeier ·
Joseph Everett Packer Jr. ·
Richard Patterson ·
Warren W. Pfefferle ·
Anthony J. Piersanti Jr. ·
Wayne Robert Quarles ·
Donald Page Reamer ·
John Michael Reid ·
William Francis Ridge ·
Robert Richard Hustler ·
John Joseph Rodgers ·
Francis L. Rossell Jr. ·
Luis Santiago Santiago ·
Anthony Michael Schmutz ·
William Alexander Scott ·
John David Smith ·
Douglas Martin Soroka ·
George Joseph Stephens ·
Otis Franklin Thompson ·
Joseph Thoma Tiefenthaler ·
John Edward Tipton ·
Jonathan R. Vars ·
Lawrence Joseph Virgilio ·
Robert John Wade ·
Michael Arthur Walters ·
Herbert Franklin White ·
Randolph
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2. Veteran's Island Marker
Recardo Wilkins ·
Glen Raymond Williams ·
Robert Alton Williams ·
Paul Leroy Woodard ·
Steven Walter Young
Roseanna Hoster Crosbie
Director of Military Affairs
Office of the Camden County Clerk
December 4, 1922 - June 12, 1998
Special recognition to the family and friends of Roseanna Hoster Crosbie for their contributions to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund in her memory.
[The island features a series of plaques about facts and figures for Camden County's veterans from World War I to present:]
1917 - 1918
Sacred to the memory of those who died in the service of their country.
William S. Ablett ·
Lawrence S. Adams ·
John Robert Adams ·
Thomas J. Allen, Jr. ·
Chester Anzide ·
Albert J. Atger ·
John B. H. Baker ·
Arlington Baltimore ·
David Barnaby ·
Frederick H. Baynes ·
Otto H. Bean ·
Edwin Beckley ·
Charles Behrend ·
Walter J. Behrer ·
Ralph Benner ·
Chester L. Bennett ·
Samuel Benson ·
Carl F. Bicker ·
David T. Borland ·
Benjamin Borstein ·
Allen H. Bossert ·
Henry J. Bowes ·
George A. Bowers ·
John Otto Boyson ·
Jack Brody ·
Joseph Brznszkiewicz ·
William J. Burke ·
Walter Ernest Butsch ·
Luigi Carpani ·
Frank J. Carver ·
Robert H. Carr ·
Howard W. Cassady ·
Louis J. Certain
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3. Veteran's Island Marker
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Robert F. Christy ·
John Joseph Clynes ·
William Coonrod ·
Joseph F. Covert ·
William Craig ·
John Cunningham ·
Jacob F. Currie ·
Charles T. Daniels ·
Gean Davidson ·
Tasker H. Davidson ·
John T. Deighan ·
Philip Diaz ·
Leon A. Dickinson ·
Alfred W. Dilks ·
Edward H Dorsey ·
Otto Dreher ·
Ernest Eckersley ·
Ralph B. Elder ·
Hammitt K. Elliott ·
Christopher Evans, Jr. ·
Frank M. Falls ·
Nicola Fanello ·
William F. Farrell ·
Henry P. Favereau ·
Jacob Feldman ·
James Fornek ·
Raymond C. Frech ·
Gaylord Freeman ·
Silas S. Furbush ·
Michael Gapinski ·
Richard Giest ·
Stanislau Gontarski ·
Fred W. Grigg ·
Rowland H. Gross ·
Howard W. Haines ·
Michael Hanaghue ·
George Henry ·
William S. Hey ·
William M. Hickman ·
Percy L. Hollinshed ·
William Hoyle ·
Elmer Hunt ·
John T. Hyland ·
Howard Jordan ·
Emerson J. Kane ·
Clarence K. Kantz ·
Max Karpook ·
Enos S. Kimble ·
Herman John King ·
Walter J. Kirk ·
William S. Laskowski ·
Leon A. Lippincott ·
Edgar Burton Lloyd ·
Edward M. McGowan ·
James A. McGuckin ·
Hersey Mander ·
Anthony Martin ·
Charles A. Mathews ·
Edwin M. Matthews ·
Edward B. May ·
Robert E. Meggett ·
John H. Meisle ·
Allan Irving Morgan ·
Angelo Mucci ·
James L. Murray ·
Walter Murray ·
James Murtha ·
Norman Nicholson ·
John A. Overland
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4. Veteran's Island Marker
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Noah J. Palmer ·
Leon P. Parker ·
Bert Pennington ·
Will Petteway ·
Eugene Pollastrine ·
Oliver R. Purnell ·
John Howard Read ·
Cornelius Redd ·
Samuel J. Reichard ·
Richard L. Reighn ·
James E. Reynolds ·
Harry Roles ·
David H. Ross ·
Benjamin J. Sandlow ·
Albert T. Schleicher, Jr. ·
William Schucker ·
John J. Sheldon ·
Charles H. Sickler ·
Stephen Slomkowski ·
Kenneth L. Steck ·
Harry A Steeple ·
Edward J. Steigerwald ·
Fred D. Stimpson ·
Eben Stout ·
William P. Tatem ·
George E. Trebing ·
Raymond C. Thoirs ·
Albert C. Thompson ·
Joseph A. Tinsman ·
William Troutt ·
William E. Truxton ·
Frank H. Valentine ·
Gaetano Vincignerra ·
Harry C. Wagner ·
Martin R Waldvogel ·
August F. Walter ·
Elizabeth H. Weimann ·
Philip C. Wendell ·
Calvin D. Whyte ·
Earl C. Willett ·
Norman W. Wohlken ·
John Wojtkowiak ·
Thomas H. Wright ·
Ellwood K. Young ·
Townsend C. Young
Dedicated by Victory and Memorial Committee of Camden County.
World War I
1917-1918
U.S. entered: April 6, 1917
U.S. military served: 4,734,991
MIA - 3,183
Killed in Action:
U.S. - 53,402
Camden County - 134
In Memory of the
U.S. Merchant Marine
and U.S. Navy Armed Guard
Veterans of World War II
World
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5. Veteran's Island Marker
War II
1941-1945
U.S. entered: December 7, 1941
U.S. military served: 16,112,566
MIA - 78,773
Killed in Action:
U.S. - 291,557
Camden County - 924
Korean War
1950-1953
U.S. entered: June 27, 1950
U.S. military served: 5,720,000
MIA - 8,177
Killed in Action:
U.S. - 33,741
Camden County - 55
Vietnam War
1960-1975
U.S. entered: August 5, 1964
U.S. military served: 3,403,000
MIA - 2,583
Killed in Action:
U.S. - 58,486
Camden County - 88
Desert Shield/Desert Storm War
1990-1991
U.S. entered: August 2, 1990
U.S. military served: 665,476
MIA - 1
Killed in Action:
U.S. - 147
Camden County - 7
Global War on Terror
2001-____
U.S. entered: September 11, 2001
[The remainder of the plaque has been damaged and is unreadable.]
Erected 2006 by Camden County, New Jersey.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 39° 55.683′ N, 75° 3.934′ W. Memorial is in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey, in Camden County. It is on North Park Drive 0.2 miles east of McClellan Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 5300 N Park Dr, Merchantville NJ 08109, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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6. Veteran's Island Marker
Regionally, this memorial is in South Jersey and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 15, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 471 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on March 15, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
