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P. W. Norris, Bergen County Historical Society 2015
Camp Merritt Monument: In Memoriam
IN MEMORY OF THOSE SOLDIERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY WHILE ON DUTY IN CAMP MERRITT
THIS MONUMENT MARKS THE CENTER OF THE CAMP AND FACES THE HIGHWAY OVER WHICH MORE THAN A
MILLION AMERICAN SOLDIERS PASSED ON THEIR WAY TO AND FROM THE WORLD WAR 1917-1919
ERECTED BY THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY THE COUNTY OF BERGEN THE BERGEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OFFICERS AND MEN OF CAMP MERRITT MANY PATRIOTIC CITIZENS AND THE CAMP MERRIETT MEMORIAL
ASSOCATION
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Major N. C. Bunch east
1st Lieutenant James K. Bannerman east
1st Lieutenant James J. Beaton east
1st Lieutenant Frank C. Benson east
1st Lieutenant Samuel N. Boyd east
1st Lieutenant Alfred T. Daly east
1st Lieutenant John W. C. Marsh east
1st Lieutenant Charles Renstrom east
1st Lieutenant Davis M. Richards east
1st Lieutenant Benjamin F. Sprague east
2nd Lieutenant Alfred A. Farwell east
2nd Lieutenant Anson Hathaway east
2nd Lieutenant Joseph Harenza east
2nd Lieutenant James R. Reid east
Asst Surgeon USPHS Playford Rush east
Army Nurses Corps Laura Baird east
Army Nurses Corps Eleanor Cassidy east
Army Nurses Corps Ella Noving east
Army Nurses Corps Emily Tanquist east
Master Engineer Senior Grade Louis Bailey east
Sergeant E. F. Barnum east
Sergeant Charles Bell east
Sergeant Harlan Blaker east
Sergeant Garnet C. Butler east
Sergeant August De Rose east
Sergeant Bart Fallon east
Sergeant Robert Felnagle east
Sergeant Redmon Freeman east
Sergeant Carl L. Hagen east
Sergeant Stephen L. Hough east
Sergeant John T. Kelly 3d east
Sergeant Arthur J. Magnum east
Sergeant Emil A. Meyer east
Sergeant Fred P. McCoy east
Sergeant Gordon R. McGee east
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Sergeant Timothy Murphy east
Sergeant William Reithers east
Sergeant Walter Roche east
Sergeant George Sassaman east
Sergeant Ernest Simmons east
Sergeant Fred Smith east
Sergeant Edwin S. Taylor east
Sergeant Clifford L. Wilcos east
Corporal Earl Austin east
Corporal Frank Bond east
Corporal William C. Burns east
Corporal Ewen B. Campbell east
Corporal Luther E. Clark east
Corporal John M. Costello east
Corporal Claycomb Crow east
Corporal Arthur B. Eagan east
Corporal Holman Hammond east
Corporal Fred Hathaway east
Corporal Henry Hill east
Corporal John Hill east
Corporal Matthew Horgan east
Corporal Benjamin F. Moore east
Corporal Arlrich Mosher east
Corporal Arthur Munge east
Corporal Roy A. Stevens east
Corporal Sidney A. Taylor east
Corporal John Q. Wheeler east
Corporal Joseph J. Yund east
Private Manson Abel east
Private James T. Acuff east
Private Charles M. Adams east
Private Urban S. Akers east
Private Walter Alexander east
Private Erckine Allen east
Private Guy Allen east
Private Hugh S. Allen east
Private John Allen east
Private Charles Allison east
Private Joseph Ames east
Private Raymond Amos east
Private Christian Anderson east
Private Earnest F. Anderson east
Private George W. Anderson east
Private Joseph Antcliff east
Private Antonio Archebaque east
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Private Charles Armistead east
Private Edward Arndt east
Private Pratt Arving east
Private Ruby Bagville east
Private Joe Bailey east
Private Edward Balgeman east
Private James Ball east
Private Elmer Bandy east
Private Edward Banken east
Private Donald M. Bannister east
Private James Barnett east
Private Peter Barsagline east
Private Isaac Bearfield east
Private Clyde Beats east
Private James Beatty east
Private Roy T. Bedford east
Private George Beemy east
Private Ernest Beer east
Private Thomas Bell east
Private John A. Bennett east
Private Lewis D. Bennett east
Private Ralph Bennett east
Private Fogletta Bernerdino east
Private Milton Berry east
Private Thomas L. Birt east
Private George W. Bischoff east
Private Jesse H. Blackburn east
Private Herbert E. Blair east
Private Paul Bonavest east
Private William E. Bonner east
Private Henry Boutwell east
Private Carlo Bove east
Private Ester Bowen east
Private George Bowish east
Private Charles Bown east
Private Eli Boyd east
Private Gonnis Boynton east
Private Rosser Branch east
Private Irvin Brandon east
Private William Brault east
Private Lawrence Breedon east
Private Harvey Briles east
Private John H. Brinkley east
Private William B. Britton east
Private Willis Brooks east
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Private James Brown east
Private Joseph Brown east
Private William Brown east
Private Irby Browning east
Private Charles E. Buck east
Private John Bueche east
Private Joseph Bulla east
Private Henry T. Burgess east
Private John A. Burgess east
Private Stanley Burian east
Private Henry Burnsed east
Private James Bush east
Private Warren E. Butterfield east
Private Wade H. Byrd east
Private Benjamin Callaghan east
Private Robert B. Callaghan east
Private Arthur Canto east
Private Thornton D. Carey east
Private Andrew Carhane east
Private William P. Carson east
Private Marcus H. Carter east
Private Mike Chamberlain east
Private Samuel Chappelar east
Private Elmer W. Cheenay east
Private Glen Christian east
Private Pritchard Clark east
Private Sam J. Clifton east
Private Walter Coburn east
Private Joseph Collins east
Private Byron Compton east
Private William J. Conally east
Private Matthew Conlin east
Private Alfred Conner east
Private Benjamin E. Conway east
Private Patrick Conway east
Private Eugene Cook east
Private Ray B. Cook east
Private William Cooper east
Private Edward Coughlin east
Private Richard M. Coupe east
Private James Coverty east
Private Andrew D. Cowset east
Private Patrick Cox east
Private Richard Crawford east
Private Will Crawford east
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Private Edward B. Crook east
Private Captain Cryor east
Private William M. Cryte east
Private Henry Cummings east
Private Oscar Cummings east
Private Will H. Davenport east
Private Lee R. Davidson east
Private Charles E. Davis east
Private Frank C. Davis east
Private John A. Davis east
Private James H. Day east
Private Elmer Deamer east
Private John Dellissio east
Private Edwin G. Delquit east
Private Charles H. Demers east
Private Joseph R. Devore east
Private Joseph Diaz east
Private John I. Dillion east
Private Rayford Dixon east
Private Charles Dodd east
Private William Dodes east
Private Ernest W. Dolan east
Private Walter R. Dolatas east
Private Thomas Dooley east
Private Thomas Douglas east
Private Herbert V. Drake east
Private Ivory Drayton east
Private Thomas M. Duckworth east
Private Rex Durand east
Private William Easley east
Private Gerald W. Edwards east
Private John Eggleston east
Private Clifford Elliott east
Private Robert Elliott east
Private James Emerson east
Private Elmer P. Engle east
Private Elmer F. Epps east
Private Cesairo Eucalade east
Private Joseph Fagan east
Private Arthur J. Farley east
Private Clarence Ferris east
Private John Flatters east
Private William Fleming east
Private Wyman Fletcher east
Private Arthur Flowers east
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Private Eugene Folger east
Private Walter Fountain east
Private Albert Fowler east
Private Arthur F. Fowler east
Private Herbert J. Fowler east
Private William C. Fowler east
Private Tack Frazier east
Private Rollie Freeman east
Private Waverly French east
Private George J. Frey east
Private Edward Frye east
Private Peter Furiga east
Private Jesse L. Gage east
Private Michael Gamon east
Private Lewis Gardner east
Private James Garvin east
Private Howard M. Gaumer east
Private Clarence Gee east
Private Edward B. George east
Private Ike George east
Private Aaron Glasscock east
Private John Glentworth east
Private Sylveste Godbolt east
Private Willie Godfrey east
Private Stanley S. Gondick east
Private Parker Goodlaw east
Private George Gordon east
Private Maurice Gordon east
Private Robert C. Goss east
Private Ben Goyen east
Private Elmer Graham east
Private Harry Graham east
Private James Graham east
Private Charles Grant east
Private John Grantham east
Private Alex N. Green east
Private Joseph P. Green east
Private Lowell D. Gregg east
Private William Gregston east
Private John E. Grimsley east
Private Israel Grossman east
Private Frank Grounds east
Private Thomas T. Guess east
Private Lee Gunther east
Private George Haarer east
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Private Herbert K. Hafer east
Private Geha H. Hagood east
Private Edward N. Hall east
Private William Hammings east
Private Michael Hanaghue east
Private McKinley Hankins east
Private McKinely Hansard east
Private Edward D. Hanson east
Private Oscar Hanson east
Private Milton Hardy east
Private Felix Harrington east
Private George Harris east
Private Alva Harrison east
Private William D. Harrison east
Private John W. Harrod east
Private Thomas Harwell east
Private Norman Haskins east
Private Vernon Haslip east
Private Lawrence Haven east
Private Aster Hawkins east
Private Closia Hawks east
Private Lewis Haywood east
Private Samuel Heberle east
Private Charles W. Heeg east
Private Max Heinze east
Private William L. Hellmers east
Private Roy Hench east
Private Eddie Henderson east
Private Gerhard Hendricks east
Private Richard Hennegan east
Private Harry Herrington east
Private Charles L. Hicks east
Private William Hiert east
Private Lem H. Hill west
Private Fred Hines west
Private James Hiscott west
Private Joe B. Hoelscher west
Private James E. Hollowell west
Private William E. Holt west
Private Leslie Homer west
Private Roswell D. Hooten west
Private Marshall Hopkins west
Private George Hopper west
Private Carl J. House west
Private Joseph Howard west
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Private William C. Hundley west
Private Bird Hunter west
Private Edward Hunter west
Private Edward Hunter west
Private Eugene Jackson west
Private George Jackson west
Private Harry Jackson west
Private Will Jackson west
Private Tom James west
Private Arthur B. Jean west
Private Nathan Jenkins west
Private William Jobe west
Private Andrew Johnson west
Private Andrew Johnson west
Private Edwin Johnson west
Private John Johnson west
Private Robert Johnson west
Private Edward Jones west
Private Willie Jones west
Private Arthur Jourdan west
Private Martin Joyner west
Private John Kaminsky west
Private Joseph Kane west
Private Oscar Kaplan west
Private Otto G. Karls west
Private Joe A. Kasper west
Private Luther Kaufman west
Private Thomas Kayaya west
Private John Keigans west
Private James Keith west
Private Fred Kelly west
Private Elwin Kennedy west
Private Marvin Kerrick west
Private Frank R. Kildoff west
Private George J. Kirchman west
Private Arthur Knight west
Private Chauncey Knoble west
Private Joseph Koller west
Private Joseph Kraft west
Private George Kranthlatter west
Private Edward Krauss west
Private Adolf Kreslein west
Private Earl Kropf west
Private Anton Labolewich west
Private Albert J. Lamine west
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Private Clinton W. Land west
Private Walter Langley west
Private Joseph Lawson west
Private Arthur Lee west
Private Joseph C. Lee west
Private Patrick Lee west
Private William Leek west
Private Arthur A. Leffler west
Private Albert Leger west
Private Paul E. Lembke west
Private Lawrence Lester west
Private Denver Lewellan west
Private Elmer Lewelling west
Private Albert Lewis west
Private Charles J. Lewis west
Private Guy E. Lipscomb west
Private Joseph Lloyd west
Private Edward L. Loard west
Private Henry Loesburg west
Private Curt C. Lubolt west
Private Andrew Luffman west
Private Thomas Luke west
Private Edmond A. Lundson west
Private Homer L. Mace west
Private John Mahoney west
Private Camilli Malacarne west
Private Powell Malkowski west
Private Lloyd Manley west
Private Athie Marlow west
Private Roy Martin west
Private Fred Mason west
Private John Mason west
Private Paul Mayhen west
Private Andrew McCabe west
Private Alexander McCandless west
Private James H. McCartney west
Private Charles McClure west
Private George McClure west
Private Robert J. McCormack west
Private Joe McGowan west
Private Lester McGuinis west
Private Lloyd McGuinis west
Private Michael L. McNally west
Private Erdard McNeel west
Private John A. McRae west
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Private Willis R. Meechin west
Private Edward Meir west
Private William J. Memmer west
Private Charles Merritt west
Private Charles E. Methwin west
Private Marvin A. Mickam west
Private Clyde Miles west
Private Benjamin Miller west
Private Walter J. Miller west
Private John J. Mitchell west
Private Adolf Moen west
Private Elijah Moore west
Private John Moore west
Private Samuel Moore west
Private Arthur Moorhead west
Private Vincent G. Morris west
Private John Morrisay west
Private Jerry Morrison west
Private Howard Moulton west
Private Gustaf Nachbahr west
Private Herman Nater west
Private Charles Nichovich west
Private Ollie Nickerson west
Private Emery C. Nixon west
Private Albert S. Noble west
Private Nathan Noble west
Private Isaac Nungle west
Private George Odenkerchen west
Private Emil Olson west
Private Benjamin Orbeck west
Private Fabian Orndorf west
Private Hugh Elmer Overton west
Private Viola Palengrino west
Private Garland F. Palmer west
Private James A. Palmer west
Private Robert Palmer west
Private Vernon Palmer west
Private John J. Parks west
Private Manuel Parmelli west
Private Kieffer C. Patterson west
Private Leslie Patton west
Private Otto Payne west
Private Theodore N. Peacher west
Private Irving Pengally west
Private Harold D. Pentz west
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Private Benjamin Perkins west
Private Claude Perkins west
Private Fritz Peterson west
Private George J. Peterson west
Private Joe Phillips west
Private David V. Pigford west
Private Emanuel L. Politzer west
Private LeRoy Porter west
Private Hiriam Price west
Private George Pritchard west
Private Lee Pritchett west
Private Wilbert Ralph west
Private Noble Rankin west
Private Joseph Ray west
Private Neniva Richardson west
Private Willie E. Richmond west
Private Lynton B. Riddick west
Private Emil Riddle west
Private Claude R. Riggs west
Private August Roadfelt west
Private Newell Robbins west
Private Henry Roberts west
Private Lyda R. Roberts west
Private James H. Robertson west
Private Burlon Robinson west
Private Leonard Robinson west
Private Sheridan Rodeback west
Private John Rolesavage west
Private Carl I. Rowland west
Private James Rubin west
Private Anthony Rund west
Private Solomon Salley west
Private Ploomer Salter west
Private George W. Sanders west
Private Curtis Sanderson west
Private John N. Schaub west
Private Freddie Schauf west
Private Guy Scheetz west
Private Joe Schiller west
Private Raymond Schnell west
Private Frank M. Schonning west
Private Thomas Scotten west
Private Charles Sedlacet west
Private Howard Seifreit west
Private Peter J. Seng west
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Private Moses Settles west
Private Theodore Shaddler west
Private Thomas Shea west
Private Lynn Sheupe west
Private Nathan E. Shippy west
Private James Simmons west
Private Archie Simonds west
Private Burns Singleton west
Private Charles Smalls west
Private Ernest S. Smith west
Private Giles O. Smith west
Private Robert Smith west
Private Tillman Smith west
Private William Smith west
Private Forrester B. Steed west
Private Ezra Steel west
Private Joe Steitz west
Private John T. Stephens west
Private Edward K. Stipe west
Private Gordon Stowers west
Private Edward C. Styke west
Private Ervin Sufken west
Private Samuel P. Suiter west
Private Henry Sweeney west
Private Brainard Swenson west
Private Horace G. Swink west
Private Frank Symanski west
Private Charles A. Taylor west
Private Joseph Terrell west
Private Anthony I. Thomas west
Private Hoover Thompson west
Private Eugene Thrwest west
Private Hugh A. Tobias west
Private Bryant Trew west
Private Albert Trobeeky west
Private Raymond Tunningly west
Private Cap Turman west
Private Alexander Turner west
Private Willie R. Turner west
Private Chief Paul Valgas west
Private Leon Van Every west
Private Charles Verbsky west
Private Martin H. Verdier west
Private Caesar Verne west
Private Clarence Vickery west
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Private Edgar H. Voight west
Private Chris W. Volckers west
Private Howard Walker west
Private James T. Wallace west
Private William Walsh west
Private Eli Walter west
Private Ray Ward west
Private Cecil Ware west
Private George Warick west
Private Frank Watson west
Private James B. Wampler west
Private Carl Weber west
Private William F. Weber west
Private Frederick Wegman west
Private James R. Welch west
Private Edwin Wells west
Private Walter B. Wells west
Private Robert Welshman west
Private Bismark Wheelock west
Private William J. Wheelock west
Private John White west
Private Raymond White west
Private Bernard L. Whitzel west
Private Mark Wiles west
Private Elvis Williams west
Private Abe Williams west
Private Dennis Williams west
Private James Williams west
Private Joe Williams west
Private Joseph A. Williams west
Private Mose Williams west
Private Robert L. Willingham west
Private Andrew Wilson west
Private Herman Wilson west
Private Walter Wilson west
Private Walter Wilson west
Private Wash Wilson west
Private Eddie Wise west
Private John M. Witzell west
Private Ray Wodsock west
Private Joseph Woods west
Private Egbart Woody west
Private Robert Worthington west
Private James E. Wyatt west
Private Roy Yelton west