(Sept. 25, 1958) -- Details have reached Nutley of the air accident which cost the life of 1st Lt. Charles Tillou, 24 son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wesley Tillou of Rutgers Place, who was one of six Air Force men known to have been killed in a collision between an American transport plane and a French fighter plane near Paris.
The two planes; an Air Force C139 transport plane and a Mystero Jet, collided at Polsey on Friday with Lt. Tillou's wife, the former Miss Elizabeth Vandenberg, who had joined him in France, first learning of the air tragedy. She returned to this country by an Air Force plane soon after the accident and is now in Nutley.
Tillou was a member of the 41st Troop Carrier Squadron operating out of France.
Memorial services were conducted yesterday afternoon at St. Paul's Congregational Church and Evreux Air Force Base in France.
Lt. Tillou is the second Air Force officer from Nutley to be killed within a period of only three months.
In July, Lt. F. Paul Jannarone Jr., a pilot with the Strategic Air Command, was killed when a B-47 Stratojet bomber crashed into the side of a mountain in Vermont.
Lt. Tillou, a navigator, volunteered for the fatal mission. He was the navigator aboard the American transport plane on a flight from the air base at Evreux, France, to Spangdahlem, Germany.
Lt. Tillou entered the Air Force in January 1957, received his preliminary training at Lackland Air Force Base, in Texas, and received his navigator's wings at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston, where he ranked second in the flight school graduating class.
He was sent overseas last April and his wife followed him to France two months later. The couple had been married only 14 months at the time of the fatal air crash.
Lt. Tillou was a life-long resident of Nutley and went through the public school system, having been graduated from Yanticaw elementary, and Nutley junior and senior high schools.
He was one of the most popular students in the Nutley High School class of 1952. Lt. Tillou was outstanding both as a student and as an athlete.
He started at third base on the Maroon baseball team and helped bulwark Nutley to the final round of the 1952 Greater Newark Tournament and Group 4 sectional honors.
Lt. Tillou was honored by being selected for the All-County baseball team and also served as captain of the Nutley basketball team. For his success in sports, Lt. Tillou was singled out by American Legion, Post 70, as the "Scholastic Athlete of the Year" for 1952.
Tillou went on to Colgate University and continued to combine his scholastic and athletic abilities. He was president of his senior class at Colgate, was president of the Senior Honor Society and as selected for "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities".
In sports, Tillou went on to star in soccer, an activity he had never played until going to college. He became one of the best players on the Colgate team and was named fullback on the All-East soccer team.
Lt. Tillou is also survived by a sister, Miss Carolyn Tillou, at home, and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Charles W. Tillou. He was also the grandson of the late Mrs. and Mrs. Charles Caldwell and the late Dr. Charles W. Tillou.
Remembering the Men Who Paid For Our Freedom. Nutley, New Jersey.
9.05.2007
8.31.2007
SEPTEMBER CASUALTIES
September 6, 1950 - Nicholas Pucci
September 10, 1944 -Anthony Di Petta
September 13, 1862 - Byron Lawton
September 15, 1944 - Robert Dickert
Septermber 16, 1944 - C. Lowell Liebau
September 17, 1966 - Richard Bates
September 18, 1945 - John Windheim Jr.
September 27, 1918 - Claude Daw
September 27, 1944 - Robert Clendinning Jr.
September 1958 - Charles Tillou
September 10, 1944 -Anthony Di Petta
September 13, 1862 - Byron Lawton
September 15, 1944 - Robert Dickert
Septermber 16, 1944 - C. Lowell Liebau
September 17, 1966 - Richard Bates
September 18, 1945 - John Windheim Jr.
September 27, 1918 - Claude Daw
September 27, 1944 - Robert Clendinning Jr.
September 1958 - Charles Tillou
7.31.2007
AUGUST CASUALTIES
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
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
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
6.22.2007
AT DEATH HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD
In life there are no coincidences.
At a business meeting earlier this month, I met Christopher C. Stout.
In room of more than 80 people, Stout and I sat next to each other.
Stout was to receive an award for Series Writing and Reporting for his work at the Ridgewood News‚ "The Hero Next Door." This series profiled the families of those serving overseas.
Sitting there, chatting, I learned that, earlier, Stout had written a series of articles on the men and women from Ridgewood, N.J., who died while in service.
I expressed my surprise that of all the people he sat next to, he sat next to me.
The compilation of that series and research resulted in his book, AT DEATH HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD, published by King of Spain Press.
His motives for writing the series were similar to the process to mine in compiling the Nutley Sons and Belleville Sons honor rolls. Stout, too, had looked at a war memorial in town and something inside told him to learn the stories behind the names.
Until we struck up a conversation I had only known of one other person, from New Jersey, also, who had done something like this. Robert Caruso's effort resulted in Verona Heroes
As these stories go, Caruso was researching the war dead from Verona and while researching Thurston Woodward who was killed in World War II came across my web site for the sailor whose family later moved to Verona.
Stout and I had a similar conversation that Saturday morning. We spoke of some men who were killed in the war and memorialized in more than one town.
It turned out that Thomas E. Ashton Jr. grew up in Nutley and his family moved to Ridgewood.
The young man's story was in the Nutley Sons Honor Roll and in Stout's book.
Another coincidence turned up concerning the Dec. 24, 1944, torpedoing of the Leopoldville. Nutley's Malcolm Christopher was on the the ship. Also aboard was Ridgewood's Thomas A. Cobb.
Sometimes I find that my sense of loss over the strangers that turn up in my books and these similarly-themed books is overwhelming. I swear to God I don't ever again want to write about the war dead.
And yet. As Stout and I compared notes he mentioned some sources I hadn't tapped. Some sources that might uncover the stories of my guys whose stories have yet to be told.
And I wondered when I might cross check our references and get on with this work, this work that comes from a deep, deep part of the heart.
Nutley Sons Honor Roll, Nutley, N.J.
Copyright © 2007 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Photos and content may not be used for commercial purposes without written permission.
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At a business meeting earlier this month, I met Christopher C. Stout.
In room of more than 80 people, Stout and I sat next to each other.
Stout was to receive an award for Series Writing and Reporting for his work at the Ridgewood News‚ "The Hero Next Door." This series profiled the families of those serving overseas.
Sitting there, chatting, I learned that, earlier, Stout had written a series of articles on the men and women from Ridgewood, N.J., who died while in service.
I expressed my surprise that of all the people he sat next to, he sat next to me.
The compilation of that series and research resulted in his book, AT DEATH HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD, published by King of Spain Press.
His motives for writing the series were similar to the process to mine in compiling the Nutley Sons and Belleville Sons honor rolls. Stout, too, had looked at a war memorial in town and something inside told him to learn the stories behind the names.
Until we struck up a conversation I had only known of one other person, from New Jersey, also, who had done something like this. Robert Caruso's effort resulted in Verona Heroes
As these stories go, Caruso was researching the war dead from Verona and while researching Thurston Woodward who was killed in World War II came across my web site for the sailor whose family later moved to Verona.
Stout and I had a similar conversation that Saturday morning. We spoke of some men who were killed in the war and memorialized in more than one town.
It turned out that Thomas E. Ashton Jr. grew up in Nutley and his family moved to Ridgewood.
The young man's story was in the Nutley Sons Honor Roll and in Stout's book.
Another coincidence turned up concerning the Dec. 24, 1944, torpedoing of the Leopoldville. Nutley's Malcolm Christopher was on the the ship. Also aboard was Ridgewood's Thomas A. Cobb.
Sometimes I find that my sense of loss over the strangers that turn up in my books and these similarly-themed books is overwhelming. I swear to God I don't ever again want to write about the war dead.
And yet. As Stout and I compared notes he mentioned some sources I hadn't tapped. Some sources that might uncover the stories of my guys whose stories have yet to be told.
And I wondered when I might cross check our references and get on with this work, this work that comes from a deep, deep part of the heart.
Nutley Sons Honor Roll, Nutley, N.J.
Copyright © 2007 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Photos and content may not be used for commercial purposes without written permission.
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Order AT DEATH HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD, ISBN 1583968490 Available through King of Spain Press, P.O. Box 221, Hohokus, NJ 07423. $20 for the book plus $2.50 s&h.
6.16.2007
CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES
Lt. Justin Bakal, SPC. Brian Crosta, Spec. Steven Gilchrist, Cpl. Michael Cerami, PFC. Daniel Jacoby, Spec. Jonathan Fagioli, Cpl. Joshua Molina, Sp/4 Vincent Kyzima, 2nd Lt. Tim Allen, Pvt. Robert Gumeny, Sgt. William DeCarlo, Pfc. Scott DeCarlo, E4 Glen Pogue II, Pvt. John McGuire.
Tech. Sgt. Ezzedin Bautista, III, Sgt. Maria Hamlin, Lance Cpl. Joseph Liaci, Lance Cpl. John Milkewicz, Stf. Sgt. Derrick Johnson, Lance Cpl. Ryan Lucas, Sgt. Steve Rogers Jr.,
AEAN Justin Misner, Ens. Brian Viola, Lt. Adam LaRue, Lt. Kate Raia, Lt. Cmdr. Steve Rogers.
Nutley Sons Honor Roll, Nutley, N.J.
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