William M. Grant
Corporal
32243147
157th Infantry Regiment
45th Infantry Division
Died: April 16, 1945
Buried at: Plot F O 1766E
Beverly National Cemetery
Beverly NJ
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William M. Grant |
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Corporal32243147157th Infantry Regiment
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| Entered the Service from: New Jersey Died: April 16, 1945 Buried at: Plot F O 1766E Beverly National Cemetery Beverly NJ |
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| Awards: Purple Heart | |
William Grant was killed in action in Germany, during the first day of the battle for Nuremburg.
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Charles DeHaven Powell, Jr. |
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Private, U.S. Army18050404 |
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| Entered the Service from: New Jersey Died: June 23, 1942 Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery Manila, Philippines |
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| Awards: Bronze Star | |
PRIVATE CHARLES DEHAVEN POWELL JR. was raised in Stratford NJ. Prior to enlisting in the Army, he lived at 311 Harvard Road in Stratford. He enlisted in the United States Army in August of 1941 under the name of Dehaven Powell.. After basic training he was stationed in the Philippine Islands with the 31st Infantry Regiment. Private Powell was reported as missing in action in May of 1942, according to the Camden Courier-Post April 30, 1944 edition, which stated that he was 24 at the time he went missing. It is likely that he died while a prisoner of the Japanese at Cabanatuan on June 23, 1942.
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William W. Priest |
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Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces32483398
491st Bomber Squadron
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| Entered the Service from: New Jersey Died: May 13, 1944 Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery Manila, Philippines |
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| Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart | |
SERGEANT WILLIAM W. PRIEST, of East Atlantic Avenue, Stratford NJ, was the son of Samuel and Maria B. Priest. When he was born in 1920 the family was living in Magnolia on Lincoln Avenue. His father was working in sales for a fruit business. When William was born, shortly after the 1920 census was taken, his oldest brother and sister had already gone to work. By 1930 Samuel Priest had found work as a buyer, and the family had bought a home on Atlantic Avenue in Stratford NJ. Their next door neighbors were the Oliver family, son George J. Oliver would also be lost in service during the World War II years.
William Priest was a member of the class of 1939 of Collingswood (NJ) High School, however, he did not graduate from that school. The turret gunner of a B-25 medium bomber, he entered service in January 1943. He spent 9 months in the infantry before transferring to the Army Air Force.
William W. Priest was killed when his plane went down over China on May 13, 1944. Besides his parents, he left a sister, Ada, and four older brothers, Jackson, Charles, Edward, and Thomas..
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William H. Sharp |
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Private, U.S. Army32753016
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| Entered the Service from: New Jersey Died: |
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| Awards: Soldiers Medal | |
Private William Sharp was serving with Battery G, 10th Coast Artillery Regiment at Fort Adams, Newport RI in July of 1941. On July 14th, 1941 a cabin cruiser caught fire in Newport harbor. Private Sharp, along with Private Walter K. Wilberham of Collingswood NJ, heard the occupants crying for help about 1/2 mile away. They then swam to the boat with another soldier. Fearing an explosion Wilbraham lowered the woman on the boat to Private Sharp and the other soldier and remained on board, at the risk of his life, trying to extinguish the flames. The boat was towed to shore by mine yawls stationed at Fort Adams where the flames were extinguished. The Soldiers Medal was awarded to Private Sharp and Private Wilbraham (posthumously) in June of 1942. |
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Robert J. Wade |
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SSGT - E6 - Marine Corps - Regular
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| Entered the Service from: New Jersey Died: Feb 25, 1967 THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE |
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Wade was "a recruiting poster Marine," recalled a
younger sister. He attended John Paul Jones Junior High School and worked at a clothing
plant before enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1956. While stationed in Hawaii, Wade
discovered water sports, and took up surfing and scuba diving. He loved dancing as well.
"When he came home on leave, he taught me all the new Latin dance steps he had
learned on visits to Spain, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands," the sister
said. "He was everything a big brother was supposed to be." In letters from
Vietnam, Wade confided he was as concerned about morale as he was for the physical safety
of his men. His dream was to leave Vietnam and upon retirement, build his own home in
Pennsylvania. The 27-year-old staff sergeant was a platoon sergeant in Company A of the
1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. Wade died on February 25, 1967, in Thua
Thien Province after being lured into a Viet Cong booby trap. In addition to his two
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