1948


 
Army

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

KIA

Service Korean War
Raymond Essler
 
Air Force 
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

 
Lee A. Harris
 
Army 
Russell Stanley Harris
(1929-2003)
  • U.S. Army
  • Basic training Fort Dix
  • Class of 1948
 
Russell S. Harris
 
Navy  
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

 Henderson, Allen
Henderson, Allen 
 
 Navy
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

Hopkins, William James

Hopkins, William James 
Hopkins, William James 
 
Army   
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

Keen, Arden H.
 
 
 Army  
Donald S. Kennedy
  • U.S. Army
  • Stationed Camp Stoneman, Calif.
  • Korea
  • Class of 1948
Kennedy, Donald S. 
 
Army  Elizabeth Margaret Mecum
b1931
  • U.S. Army WAVE
  • Training at the WAVE Recruit Training Center, Bainbridge, Md.
  • Class of 1948
 
Elizabeth M. Mecum
 
 Army 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
 
George D. Walker 
 
Army
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
 
Robert E. Wilson Jr.