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Elwood Raymond Essler
(1929-1950)
- U.S. Army
- Service in Japan & Korea
- KIA in Korea
- Class of 1948
- Corporal Essler was a member of Company D, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division.
- He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on November 29, 1950. His remains were not recovered.
- Awarded Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman's Badge, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal
- Memorialized on the Korean War Memorial in Dayton, Ohio
- Class of 1948
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Lee A. Harris
(1930-2008)
- U.S. Air Force
- Staff Sergeant
- Stationed at Sampson Air Force Base, N.Y. & Alaska
- Stationed at Selfridge Air Force Base, Sturgis, Mich.
- Interment ~ Salem County War Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery, Pilesgrove, NJ
- Class of 1948
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Russell Stanley Harris
(1929-2003)
- U.S. Army
- Basic training Fort Dix
- Class of 1948
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Allen Henderson
- U.S. Navy
- Attended the U.S. Naval School at Great Lakes Training Center, Illinois
- Electrician's Mate, Class A
- Assigned to the Naval Station at Little Creek, Va.
- Class of 1948
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William James Hopkins
- U.S. Navy
- Recruit training at the U.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill.
- Served aboard the USS Sperry with the Pacific Fleet
- Class of 1948
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Arden H. Keen
(1928-1996)
- U.S. Army
- Assigned to training to a unit of the Second Armored Division of Fort Hood, Texas
- Interment ~ Salem County War Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery, Pilesgrove, NJ
- Class of 1948
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Donald S. Kennedy
- U.S. Army
- Stationed Camp Stoneman, Calif.
- Korea
- Class of 1948
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Elizabeth Margaret Mecum
b1931
- U.S. Army WAVE
- Training at the WAVE Recruit Training Center, Bainbridge, Md.
- Class of 1948
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George D. Walker, Jr.
- U.S. Army
- Basic training at Fort Dix
- Served in San Antonio, Texas and Japan
- Wounded in action in Korea
- Class of 1948
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Robert E. Wilson, Jr.
(1930-2007)
- U.S. Army
- Attended the Signal School at Fort Monmouth, N.J.
- Assigned to Company "B"
- Class of 1948
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