August 6, 1944 - Wallace E. Reed
August 13, 1945 - Stanley S. Hand
August 17, 1943 - Allen T. Duke, Jr.
August 17, 1918 - Stuart Emmet Edgar
August 18 , 1918 - Stephen Higginson Dorr Jr.
August 21, 1945 - Robert R. Cary, MIA March 19, 1944
August 31, 1944 - James P. Murren Jr.
Late August 1943 - Charles A. Braun
Remembering the Men Who Paid For Our Freedom. Nutley, New Jersey.
7.31.2007
7.30.2007
Sgt. J. Eckson Pierce
(Aug. 25, 1944) - 1st Sgt. J. Eckson Pierce, formerly of Park Avenue, was reported killed in action in Northern France on July 30, 1944.
Pierce is buried at the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France, Plot E, Row 23, Grave 24.
Pierce is buried at the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France, Plot E, Row 23, Grave 24.
7.20.2007
Sgt. Wilbur Westfall
Sgt. Wilbur E. Westfall, U.S. Army serial No. 32064875, served in the 13th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division.
He entered the service from New Jersey, and died on July 20, 1944.
Westfall is buried at Plot B, Row 7, Grave 25, Normandy American Cemetery, St. Laurent-sur_Mer, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
He was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
He entered the service from New Jersey, and died on July 20, 1944.
Westfall is buried at Plot B, Row 7, Grave 25, Normandy American Cemetery, St. Laurent-sur_Mer, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
He was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
7.17.2007
1st Lt. Lothrop F. Ellis
(July 20, 1945) - First Lt. Lothrop F. Ellis, 25, of the Army Air Force, formerly of Mountainview avenue, was killed in a plane crash Tuesday, July 17, three miles from the B-29 Bomber Base at Salina, Kan., where he was radar maintenance officer.
A veteran of 55 missions in the European and Mediterranean theatres, Lt. Ellis, who was with the 15th AAF as a pilot of a P-38 fighter plane, had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with eleven Oak Leaf Clusters.
Lt. Ellis was graduated from Nutley High school and afterward attended Perkiomen school in Pennsylvania. He attended Georgia Tech and enlisted while a student there.
A veteran of 55 missions in the European and Mediterranean theatres, Lt. Ellis, who was with the 15th AAF as a pilot of a P-38 fighter plane, had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with eleven Oak Leaf Clusters.
Lt. Ellis was graduated from Nutley High school and afterward attended Perkiomen school in Pennsylvania. He attended Georgia Tech and enlisted while a student there.
7.15.2007
Cpl. Paul Martino
Corporal Paul Salvatore Martino was killed in action on July 15, 1918.
The son of Nicholas Martino of Hancox Ave., had been reported missing in action about six weeks before the War Department confirmed his death.
Young Martino was a corporal in Company F, 38th Infantry. He was 19 years old and worked in the Sonneborn Oil Works at the time he enlisted. Before that he attended the local public schools.
Martino, 20, had reached the rank of corporal. He trained at Fort Dix and Syracuse, N.Y., before going to France last March. Another brother, Joseph, also is in France.
Besides his brother in service, he is survived by his father, step-mother, half-sister and two half-brothers.
The son of Nicholas Martino of Hancox Ave., had been reported missing in action about six weeks before the War Department confirmed his death.
Young Martino was a corporal in Company F, 38th Infantry. He was 19 years old and worked in the Sonneborn Oil Works at the time he enlisted. Before that he attended the local public schools.
Martino, 20, had reached the rank of corporal. He trained at Fort Dix and Syracuse, N.Y., before going to France last March. Another brother, Joseph, also is in France.
Besides his brother in service, he is survived by his father, step-mother, half-sister and two half-brothers.
7.13.2007
Warren P. Marks
(September 3, 1943) -- Midshipman Warren Prime Marks, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Marks of St. Mary's Place, has been killed in action somewhere in the Mediterranean.
Engine cadet Marks and 11 others were killed aboard the Liberty ship Timothy Pickering on July 13, according to the U.S. Merchant Marines.
The vessel was bombed and sunk by aircraft while anchored at Avola, Sicily.
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Engine cadet Marks and 11 others were killed aboard the Liberty ship Timothy Pickering on July 13, according to the U.S. Merchant Marines.
The vessel was bombed and sunk by aircraft while anchored at Avola, Sicily.
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7.04.2007
1st Lt. John Gervan
(July 13, 1945) - Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. John Gervan of Myrtle avenue, that their son, 1st Lt. John Gervan, 27, reported missing last July 4, has been officially declared dead.
Lt. Gervan was piloting a P-51 Mustang with the 381st Fighter Squadron, 363rd Fighter group over St. Lo (France) when he was lost.
Lt. Gervan was piloting a P-51 Mustang with the 381st Fighter Squadron, 363rd Fighter group over St. Lo (France) when he was lost.
7.01.2007
JULY CASUALTIES
July 3, 1944 - Walter Mihalchuk
July 4, 1944 - John Gervan
July 11, 1943 - Percy Shuart
July 12, 1942 - Joseph T. Kirwelewicz
July 12, 1951 - Richard Miller
July 13, 1943 - Warren P. Marks
July 14, 1944 - Charles O'Neill
July 15, 1918 - Paul Martino
July 17, 1945 - Lothrop F. Ellis
July 20, 1944 - Wilbur Westfall
July 23, 1958 - Charles A. Marsh
July 25, 1918 - John Carver Adams
July 30, 1944 - J. E. Pierce
July 4, 1944 - John Gervan
July 11, 1943 - Percy Shuart
July 12, 1942 - Joseph T. Kirwelewicz
July 12, 1951 - Richard Miller
July 13, 1943 - Warren P. Marks
July 14, 1944 - Charles O'Neill
July 15, 1918 - Paul Martino
July 17, 1945 - Lothrop F. Ellis
July 20, 1944 - Wilbur Westfall
July 23, 1958 - Charles A. Marsh
July 25, 1918 - John Carver Adams
July 30, 1944 - J. E. Pierce
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