World War II Memorial - Westmont, NJ
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
N 39° 54.656 W 075° 03.055
18S E 495648 N 4417872
This handsome, 6-foot, gray granite monument is located on the grassy grounds of Westmont Fire Company No. 1. The memorials are accessible from the sidewalk and are the west end of the firehouse.
Waymark Code: WM7NB3
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 11/12/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GT.US
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To the left of the fire station is a beautiful, grassy little piece of turf with three memorials, one for WW II, a combined one for Korea and Vietnam & to the far left, a memorial for Westmont firefighters. There is a little, rectangular prism shaped block at the base of the monument. It reads:

Dedicated by the
Westmont Loving Service
To all who served
in World War II

The upper part of the memorial reads

To these dead we owe
Our Gratitude

Donald Chant Bohn
Joseph J. Bollinger, Jr.
Robert A. Cain
Kenneth S. Campbell
Howard Leon Chatelaine
Joseph Charles Daley
William A. Dougherty
Charles J. Fay
Spencer E. Fox
Walter D. Hansen
Wm. M. Hernandez, Sr.
Howard Thomas Keller
Arthur R. Keiter
John A. Lofland
Wm. A. McFadden
Charles R. Sapio
Irving C. Sheridan
Joseph H. Sloan
Elwood Kenneth Vanhorn
James L. Young

OUR HEROES

Haddon Avenue is very historic with lots of memorials up and down the road through several municipalities, comparable to Kings Highway.

Date of Dedication: 01/01/1998

Property Permission: Public

Access instructions: Walk on the sidewalk and look.

Website for Waymark: [Web Link]

Location of waymark:
120 Haddon Avenue
Westmont, NJ USA
08108


Commemoration: To all who served in World War II

Access times: Not listed

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