Cpl. Gerald Fuselle, 24, died in North Africa on July 10, 1943.
Pfc. Steveno Mosco, 20, was KIA in Normandy July 27, 1944.
2nd Lt. Victor R. Bruegman was killed over Hungary on July 2, 1944.
Lt. John J. Daly was KIA in Normandy on July 4, 1944.
Pfc. Angelo Guarino, 25, was KIA in France on July 18, 1944.
John Marshall was killed in Italy on July 8, 1945.
Lt. Kenneth Chewey died in Manila, the Philippines, on July 23, 1945.
Sgt. Clatie Cunningham was killed in the South Pacific on July 23, 1945.
Private Hyland was a member of the 11th Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy along the Kum River, South Korea on July 20, 1950.
Pfc. Carl Lawrence Mickens, 26, was killed in action on July 4 in Vietnam.
(July 31, 1958) Staff Sgt. Charles A. Marsh, 45, of Belleville, a former Nutley resident, who died last Wednesday of injuries suffered two days earlier in a highway accident in Burlington.
Captain Henry Benson died in 1862 at Malvern Hill, Va.
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6.27.2007
Raymond De Luca Slain In Vietnam
(July 11, 1968) -- Army Spec. 4 Raymond P. De Luca, of Meacham Street, died June 27 as a result of wounds in a firefight in Vietnam. The date and location of the action were not disclosed.
A lifelong resident of Belleville, De Luca attended Essex Catholic High School, Newark, where he graduated as an honor student in 1966.
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A lifelong resident of Belleville, De Luca attended Essex Catholic High School, Newark, where he graduated as an honor student in 1966.
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6.21.2007
AT DEATH HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD
In life there are no coincidences.
At a business meeting earlier this month, I met Christopher C. Stout.
In room of more than 80 people, Stout and I sat next to each other.
Stout was to receive an award for Series Writing and Reporting for his work at the Ridgewood News‚ "The Hero Next Door." This series profiled the families of those serving overseas.
Sitting there, chatting, I learned that, earlier, Stout had written a series of articles on the men and women from Ridgewood, N.J., who died while in service.
I expressed my surprise that of all the people he sat next to, he sat next to me.
The compilation of that series and research resulted in his book, AT DEATH HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD, published by King of Spain Press.
His motives for writing the series were similar to the process to mine in compiling the Nutley Sons and Belleville Sons honor rolls. Stout, too, had looked at a war memorial in town and something inside told him to learn the stories behind the names.
Until we struck up a conversation I had only known of one other person, from New Jersey, also, who had done something like this. Robert Caruso's effort resulted in Verona Heroes
As these stories go, Caruso was researching the war dead from Verona and while researching Thurston Woodward who was killed in World War II came across my web site for the sailor whose family later moved to Verona.
Stout and I had a similar conversation that Saturday morning. We spoke of some men who were killed in the war and memorialized in more than one town.
It turned out that Thomas E. Ashton Jr. grew up in Nutley and his family moved to Ridgewood.
The young man's story was in the Nutley Sons Honor Roll and in Stout's book.
Another coincidence turned up concerning the Dec. 24, 1944, torpedoing of the Leopoldville. Nutley's Malcolm Christopher was on the the ship. Also aboard was Ridgewood's Thomas A. Cobb.
Sometimes I find that my sense of loss over the strangers that turn up in my books and these similarly-themed books is overwhelming. I swear to God I don't ever again want to write about the war dead.
And yet. As Stout and I compared notes he mentioned some sources I hadn't tapped. Some sources that might uncover the stories of my guys whose stories have yet to be told.
And I wondered when I might cross check our references and get on with this work, this work that comes from a deep, deep part of the heart.
Order AT DEATH HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD, ISBN 1583968490 Available through King of Spain Press, P.O. Box 221, Hohokus, NJ 07423. $20 for the book plus $2.50 s&h.
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At a business meeting earlier this month, I met Christopher C. Stout.
In room of more than 80 people, Stout and I sat next to each other.
Stout was to receive an award for Series Writing and Reporting for his work at the Ridgewood News‚ "The Hero Next Door." This series profiled the families of those serving overseas.
Sitting there, chatting, I learned that, earlier, Stout had written a series of articles on the men and women from Ridgewood, N.J., who died while in service.
I expressed my surprise that of all the people he sat next to, he sat next to me.
The compilation of that series and research resulted in his book, AT DEATH HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD, published by King of Spain Press.
His motives for writing the series were similar to the process to mine in compiling the Nutley Sons and Belleville Sons honor rolls. Stout, too, had looked at a war memorial in town and something inside told him to learn the stories behind the names.
Until we struck up a conversation I had only known of one other person, from New Jersey, also, who had done something like this. Robert Caruso's effort resulted in Verona Heroes
As these stories go, Caruso was researching the war dead from Verona and while researching Thurston Woodward who was killed in World War II came across my web site for the sailor whose family later moved to Verona.
Stout and I had a similar conversation that Saturday morning. We spoke of some men who were killed in the war and memorialized in more than one town.
It turned out that Thomas E. Ashton Jr. grew up in Nutley and his family moved to Ridgewood.
The young man's story was in the Nutley Sons Honor Roll and in Stout's book.
Another coincidence turned up concerning the Dec. 24, 1944, torpedoing of the Leopoldville. Nutley's Malcolm Christopher was on the the ship. Also aboard was Ridgewood's Thomas A. Cobb.
Sometimes I find that my sense of loss over the strangers that turn up in my books and these similarly-themed books is overwhelming. I swear to God I don't ever again want to write about the war dead.
And yet. As Stout and I compared notes he mentioned some sources I hadn't tapped. Some sources that might uncover the stories of my guys whose stories have yet to be told.
And I wondered when I might cross check our references and get on with this work, this work that comes from a deep, deep part of the heart.
Order AT DEATH HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD, ISBN 1583968490 Available through King of Spain Press, P.O. Box 221, Hohokus, NJ 07423. $20 for the book plus $2.50 s&h.
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6.20.2007
THOMAS STEVENS - CIVIL WAR CASUALTY
Thomas Stevens was killed June 27, 1862.
Color Sergeant Thomas J. Stephens (Stevens) was killed June 27, 1862. A member of the First New Jersey Brigade, he served under 1st Lt. W. E. Blewett in the Second Regiment.
“Friday, June 27th, 1862, the First New Jersey Brigade was ordered to Woodbury’s Bridge over the Chickohominy, there to meet Gen. Porter’s Division. ... Col. Tucker led out the remaining four companies, including Lt. Blewett’s command with the rest of the Brigade.
From Woodbury’s Bridge this Brigade, with others, was sent to engage the enemy near Gaines’s Mills and was soon in the thick of the fight. Porter’s Division, in hand-to-hand conflict, held their position against overwhelming odds until reinforcements, long delayed, arrived, but owing to the fact that their position was unfavorable and to the superiority of the enemy in numbers, the Union troops were compelled to retire. ... The Second Regiment had the right of line, and though outnumbered and flanked by the enemy, they were the last to leave their station in the field.
In this fight the regiment lost its colonel, Isaac M. Tucker, Capt. Charles Danforth, Color Sergeant Thomas Stevens of Belleville, and many others. ...”
Source: C.C. Hine And His Times, Woodside, Pages 244 and 245 (Belleville Public Library); FIRST NEW JERSEY BRIGADE, Page 443 (aka Stephens)
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Color Sergeant Thomas J. Stephens (Stevens) was killed June 27, 1862. A member of the First New Jersey Brigade, he served under 1st Lt. W. E. Blewett in the Second Regiment.
“Friday, June 27th, 1862, the First New Jersey Brigade was ordered to Woodbury’s Bridge over the Chickohominy, there to meet Gen. Porter’s Division. ... Col. Tucker led out the remaining four companies, including Lt. Blewett’s command with the rest of the Brigade.
From Woodbury’s Bridge this Brigade, with others, was sent to engage the enemy near Gaines’s Mills and was soon in the thick of the fight. Porter’s Division, in hand-to-hand conflict, held their position against overwhelming odds until reinforcements, long delayed, arrived, but owing to the fact that their position was unfavorable and to the superiority of the enemy in numbers, the Union troops were compelled to retire. ... The Second Regiment had the right of line, and though outnumbered and flanked by the enemy, they were the last to leave their station in the field.
In this fight the regiment lost its colonel, Isaac M. Tucker, Capt. Charles Danforth, Color Sergeant Thomas Stevens of Belleville, and many others. ...”
Source: C.C. Hine And His Times, Woodside, Pages 244 and 245 (Belleville Public Library); FIRST NEW JERSEY BRIGADE, Page 443 (aka Stephens)
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6.15.2007
New Pipe Organ To Be Dedicated Sunday
(Nov. 15, 1945) – A new pipe organ will be dedicated on Sunday in honor of 53 members of the Silver Lake Baptist Church who are serving in the Armed Forces and in memory of Sgt. Edward DiCarlo who was killed in action in Guam.
DiCarlo, who entered the service in 1942, saw action in the South Pacific and died June 26.
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DiCarlo, who entered the service in 1942, saw action in the South Pacific and died June 26.
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6.06.2007
Lieuts. Doell, Ostrowski Die In English Skies On D-Day
(June 22, 1944) -- 2nd. Lt. Herman M. Doell, of 169 Linden Avenue, a B-24 pilot was killed in action over England on D-Day, June 6.
Doell entered the Army in 1941 and rose to become a sergeant in the infantry. He transferred to the Army Air Corps a year and a half later.
2nd Lt. Doell, serial no. O-687561, served with the 7th Bomber Squadron, 34th Bomber Group, Heavy.
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Doell entered the Army in 1941 and rose to become a sergeant in the infantry. He transferred to the Army Air Corps a year and a half later.
2nd Lt. Doell, serial no. O-687561, served with the 7th Bomber Squadron, 34th Bomber Group, Heavy.
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Capt. Branch Killed In Copter Crash In Vietnam
Capt. William A. Branch, 28, was killed in South Vietnam on June 6, 1970, when his helicopter was brought down by enemy fire.
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6.04.2007
WM. E. BLEWETT - WOUNDED IN CIVIL WAR
Born in New York City, William E. Blewett came to Belleville at an early age.
In the spring of 1861, just after the Civil War broke out, he organized a company of volunteer troops for service in the Union Army.
The 101-man company, comprised mostly of Belleville men, arrived in Washington, D.C., in May.
Blewett’s company, part of the First New Jersey Brigade, helped to cover the retreat of the Union Army after the first battle of Bull Run in Virginia two months later.
A second lieutenant in 1861, Blewett was made a first lieutenant by order of General Philip Kearny (for whom the town across the Passaic River is named) in 1862.
At the Battle of Gaines’ Mill in June 1862, the Union troops sustained losses of nearly 6,000 killed and wounded at the hands of the Confederate Army; one of the dead was Color Sergeant Thomas Stevens of Belleville.
Blewett was shot in the chest but the bullet traveled down and lodged in his side. While returning to the rear for medical treatment, an exploding shell blew off his belt.
Blewett came home to Belleville on the Fourth of July. The fact that the bullet could not be located and removed prevented him from returning to active service.
Blewett served in the New Jersey National Guard and rose through the ranks to become a captain, major, and lieutenant colonel before resigning in 1874.
A jeweler by trade, William E. Blewett died in 1913.
Sources: American Civil War.com; Belleville: 150th-Anniversary Historical Highlights 1839-1989 by Robert B. Burnett and the Belleville 150th-Anniversary Committee Belleville, New Jersey. 1991
In the spring of 1861, just after the Civil War broke out, he organized a company of volunteer troops for service in the Union Army.
The 101-man company, comprised mostly of Belleville men, arrived in Washington, D.C., in May.
Blewett’s company, part of the First New Jersey Brigade, helped to cover the retreat of the Union Army after the first battle of Bull Run in Virginia two months later.
A second lieutenant in 1861, Blewett was made a first lieutenant by order of General Philip Kearny (for whom the town across the Passaic River is named) in 1862.
At the Battle of Gaines’ Mill in June 1862, the Union troops sustained losses of nearly 6,000 killed and wounded at the hands of the Confederate Army; one of the dead was Color Sergeant Thomas Stevens of Belleville.
Blewett was shot in the chest but the bullet traveled down and lodged in his side. While returning to the rear for medical treatment, an exploding shell blew off his belt.
Blewett came home to Belleville on the Fourth of July. The fact that the bullet could not be located and removed prevented him from returning to active service.
Blewett served in the New Jersey National Guard and rose through the ranks to become a captain, major, and lieutenant colonel before resigning in 1874.
A jeweler by trade, William E. Blewett died in 1913.
Sources: American Civil War.com; Belleville: 150th-Anniversary Historical Highlights 1839-1989 by Robert B. Burnett and the Belleville 150th-Anniversary Committee Belleville, New Jersey. 1991
6.03.2007
NORMANDY INVASION
Belleville sons who perished in taking Normandy.
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