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(Jan. 18, 1945) -- Flight Officer Leonard R. Willette, 22, was declared killed in action this week. Willette had been listed as missing in action since Sept. 22. He is the son of Newark Police Lt. and Mrs. Lawrence Willette, of Stephens Street, Belleville. The young man enlisted in the Army Air Corps while a student at New York University. He entered the service from New Jersey. He refused an

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Home-made cannon for ceremonial salute to Belleville soldiers. Each year, the tradition in Belleville is to gather on July 4th morning and read the names of our Second River forefathers who fought in the American Revolution. Nearly 70 Belleville veterans of that war are buried in the Dutch Reformed Church cemetery. Their names are listed on plates. We read their names aloud in a solemn

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Cherry Blossom Press publishes a new reference book,  Belleville and Nutley In the Civil War, a Brief History by Anthony Buccino. The book is a compilation of information documenting the participation of the New Jersey towns of Belleville and Nutley in the American Civil War. Publication includes information on six local soldiers killed in action in the War Between the states, plus

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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Copyright © 2011 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Content may not be used for commercial purposes without written permission. Belleville Sons Honor Roll Second Edition Ordering Information Carnival

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Disabled American Veterans Chapter 22 dedicates Mill Street building Members of the Belleville-Nutley Disabled American Veterans Chapter 22 voted to name their building after chapter commander Joseph T. Fornarotto. Fornarotto was instrumental in planning, fundraising, soliciting donated labor and supplies that resulted in the three-year old facility at 612 Mill Street, Belleville. The building

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John N. Waters(Feb. 21, 1946) – John N. Waters died Feb. 13, from injuries sustained while serving with the Marines, Second Division for 3 years in the South Pacific. Waters, who left Belleville High School to join the Marines, never took a furlough. He shipped out to the Pacific at the end of his basic training. The young Marine served in battle campaigns including Tarawa, Peleliu, Tinian, Ie

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Harry Ward, Jr.(Nov. 29, 1945) – Sgt. Harry Ward Jr., of DeWitt Avenue, was reported killed in action in the Mindoro Islands in the Philippines on Dec. 21. He served with the 240th Engineer Construction Battalion. Ward entered the Army in January 1943, at age 18. Sgt. Ward took part in invasions of New Guinea, the Solomons, and Leyte. He was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. He is listed as

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Robert S. Taylor(Feb. 3, 1944) – Radioman 2/c Robert S. Taylor of Joralemon Street was killed overseas before February 1944. He was a veteran of six major engagements in the South Pacific. His crew received a Presidential Citation for rescuing the crew of the Helena. He is a 1939 Belleville High School graduate. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Copyright © 2010 by Anthony Buccino, all rights

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William J. Salmon KIA in Palav Islands(Oct. 26, 1944) -- Marine Corp. William J. Salmon, 21, of Dewitt Avenue, was killed in action Sept. 23, on Peleliu on Palau Islands in the South Pacific. Cpl. Salmon was a sniper-scout on the Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester and New Guinea campaigns.He left Belleville High School in his junior year to join the CCC. While overseas, he met his brother on

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Belleville Man Killed on LuzonEdmond Sadlock Was PromotedTo Rank of 1st Lt. Posthumously(March 22, 1945) -- 2nd Lt. Edmund Sadlock, 28, of Adelaide Street, was killed in action on Luzon in the South Pacific on Feb. 19.Sadlock went overseas September 1943, three months before his son Edmond was born.Sadlock, who lived in Belleville since 1931, enlisted in January 1941. He was commissioned a 2nd Lt

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Lt. John F. Rogers(Feb. 10, 1944) – Lt. John F. Rogers, 25, of Birchwood Drive, was reported missing in the Gilbert and Ellice Island area of the South Pacific. He is believed to be a victim of a tropical hurricane that scattered the squadron of which he was the leader. Rogers was graduated from Notre Dame, and enlisted in the Marines in December 1940. The Marine captain is the son of Mrs.

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Joseph A. Razes(June 29, 1944) – Motor/Machinist’s Mate 2/c Joseph Anthony Razes, 27, of Brighton Avenue, died of a ruptured aorta on June 2. He was buried in the South Pacific. Razes enlisted in the U. S. Navy on April 2, 1942. MoMM Razes, who entered the service from Pennsylvania, is honored on the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii. Razes had lived with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.

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Albert E. Pole(Sept. 7, 1944) – Marine Pfc. Albert E. Pole, 22, of Washington Avenue, was killed in Guam on Aug. 7. He enlisted in the Marines in 1942. Pole was sent to the Pacific Theatre in January 1943. The Belleville son received a Purple Heart for wounds received Nov. 19, 1943, in the South Pacific. Pole enlisted in 1942, and trained at Parris Island N.C. He went overseas in January. He is

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Harry W. Nyegaard, Awarded Silver Star(Sept. 14, 1944) – Marine Pfc. Harry Nyegaard, 19, of Main Street, was reported killed June 19 on the Tinian Islands, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Nyegaard, were told in September. Nyegaard enlisted in December 1942, and went overseas with a field communications unit. He was a veteran of Saipan, Kwajalein, Namur and Roi, all in the South Pacific. (Oct.

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John Miller Jr.(July 27, 1944) – Sgt. John J. Miller, Jr., was killed in action in bloody fighting on Saipan, the Navy told his father, John Sr. of Elmwood Avenue. The young man moved to Florida after high school, and joined the Marines in 1939. He was stationed in the Virgin Islands and then the South Pacific two years ago.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Copyright © 2010 by Anthony Buccino,

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William J. Mears(Nov. 30, 1944) – Marine Sgt. William J. Mears of Jefferson Street was killed in action in Peleliu on Palau Islands in the South Pacific on Sept. 15. Mears enlisted in the Marines the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked. During his tour he was cited as a demolitions expert. He was a veteran of Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, New Britain and Bougainville during his 28 months overseas

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Edgar H. Mc GintyWater Tender, 2/c Edgar H. Mc Ginty, of 50 New Street, was killed in action on Dec. 15, 1945. Mc Ginty was awarded the Purple Heart. He is listed as missing in action or buried at sea on the Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Copyright © 2010 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Content may not be used

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Benjamin Lucas(October 25, 1945) – Corporal Benjamin Lucas, 23, was killed in a plane crash in China on Sept. 28. Lucas, son of Mrs. Louise Lucas of Newark Place, was on his way home when the plane was destroyed in a crash. Cpl. Lucas had completed two years in the Far East, most recently stationed at the headquarters of Chinese Combat Command. He enlisted in the Army in March 1942. Cpl. Lucas

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Emil M. LiloiaPFC. EMIL LILOIA KILLED IN ACTIONBorn in Belleville, Death Came To Marine At Iwo JimaWhile Serving With The 3rd Division (April 13, 1945) - Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Vito Frank Liloia of Passaic avenue that their 21-year-old son, Pfc. Emil M. Liloia, USMC, was killed in action March 1 on Iwo Jima while serving with the 3rd Marine division.Pfc. Liloia entered service Feb

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Thomas E. Lamb(March 29, 1945) – Seaman 2/c Thomas Edward Lamb died of his wounds in the Pacific. He is survived by his wife Danetta Lamb of Union Avenue. Lamb grew up in Montclair where his parents still live. Seaman Lamb entered the U.S. Naval Reserve in May 1944, and trained at Sampson, N.Y., and Newport, R.I. He had been assigned to a cargo attack ship last November. Seaman Lamb returned from

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John Kirwin Killed In Pacific Plane CrashAviation Ordnanceman Dies In Navy Bomber Fall(Sept. 28, 1944) -- Ordnanceman 3/c John F. Kirwin of Forest Street was killed in the South Pacific when his patrol plane (PBM) crashed at sea on Sept. 5. "Jack" Kirwin was 19 when he enlisted in the Navy in February 1943. He didn't finish high school, he went as a senior to boot training at Sampson. Kirwin

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Warren C. JordanMarine Corporal Warren C. Jordan, son of Arthur J. Jordon (sic) of Belleville Avenue, was killed in action on March 7, 1945. He was awarded the Purple Heart with Gold Star. He is memorialized at the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Copyright © 2010 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Content may not be used for commercial purposes without

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Seaman John Johnson Dies After Shipboard AccidentRed Cross Helps Mother Reach Son's Side(Aug. 16, 1945) -- Seaman 2/c John Johnson, 18, died from a fractured skull sustained in an accident aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific on August 4.The son of Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson of Greylock Parkway, he left Belleville High School last March to enlist in the Navy. He was awarded his diploma in

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(Dec. 7, 1944) -- Seaman 2/c William A. Hourigan, 18, formerly of Tiona Avenue, was killed in action in the invasion of the Philippines about Nov. 5.He enlisted in the service in February 1943. Hourigan last resided in Newport Beach, Calif., after living in Belleville until 1936.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Copyright © 2010 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Content may not be used

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Lieutenant Junior Grade Richard T. Hayes, U.S. Navy, served in the United States Naval Reserve. He entered the Service from Ohio, and died on April 27, 1945.He is listed on the Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii. He was awarded the Air Medal with Gold Star.Lt. Hayes is survived by his wife Mrs. Margaret Flewellyn Hayes, Washington

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Stanley Guzik(May 31, 1945) – Corporal Stanley Guzik was killed in action in the Philippines. He had been overseas 14 months, and had received a Purple Heart at Guam. Guzik had lived with his sister Mrs. Albert Miskiewicz of Cortlandt Street. His other family members live in Wilkes Barre, Pa.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Copyright © 2010 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Content may

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Edward DiCarlo(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.His mother died in 1937. His father died this past January, when

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Clatie Ray Cunningham JrS. Sgt. Clatie R. Cunningham, Jr. was killed on a mission over the Mekong River in Vietnam, on July 23, 1945, when the B-24 in which he was the flight engineer crashed after a bombing run scored a direct hit on an enemy barge. The explosion of the barge was so bad that the B-24 was damaged. The pilot then headed to a point assigned to a life-guard submarine.Cunningham and

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Missing In Pacific(Nov. 30, 1944) -- Torpedoman's Mate 2c , 22, of Magnolia Street was presumed killed in action November 14, when his ship, the Escolar, one of 52 submarines lost during the war, failed to return from a patrol on the Yellow Sea.The USS ESCOLAR was a BALAO class submarine carrying a crew of 6 officers and 60 enlisted men. Cifrodella first served on a heavy cruiser, then

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Lt. Kenneth A. Chewey(Aug. 16, 1945) – Lt. Kenneth Andrew Chewey died in Manila, Philippines, after a few days of illness on July 23. Lt. Chewey received two battle stars for action in the Leyte and Luzon campaigns.He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Chewey of Malone Avenue. Lt. Chewey is a 1940 graduate of Belleville High School. Chewey attended Rutgers University for three years.He entered

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Charles R. BraunFireman 1st Class Charles R. Braun was killed in action on June 5, 1943. Braun joined the U.S. Navy from New York. He is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Copyright © 2010 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Content may not be used for commercial purposes without written permission.Belleville

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(Dec. 14, 1944) – Private Giavanni Bocchino, 20, was killed in action on Leyte on Oct. 25, 1944. He had been overseas with the Army 170th Engineer Combat Battalion engineers for three months. Bocchino entered active duty July 17, 1942. The son of Anthony and Michelina Bocchino of Lake Street, he had seven brothers and one sister. Pvt. Bocchino is survived by his wife, Mary Gammaro, son Anthony,

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Marine Private Peter Andrusyn was killed in action on Feb. 26, 1945. Andrusyn was awarded the Purple Heart. He is honored on the Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Copyright © 2010 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Content may not be used for commercial purposes without written permission.Belleville Sons Honor RollSecond

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Gilmer Adams Is KIA(May 10, 1945) -- Seaman 1/c Gilmer Adams was killed in action in the Pacific where he was serving with amphibious Navy forces."Bucky" Adams, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Adams of May Street. His parents received a telegram from the Navy on April 28, but the notice did not detail his reported date of death.Born in North Carolina, Adams was 21 when he enlisted in 1942.He

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Lt. William FredericksBomber shot down over Japan(June 14, 1945) – Lt. William Fredericks, 27, of the Army Air Forces, a B-29 co-pilot was listed as missing in action after a raid on Guam in the South Pacific. He is the son of Mrs. Ruth Fredericks of Montgomery Place. Lt. Fredericks entered the service in 1940 as a member of the National Guard. He was assigned to the 44th Division Field Artillery

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This Memorial Day, let us not forget these Belleville sons, uncles, brothers and fathers who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.Private Edward J. Crowell died of wounds in Brest, France, on August 4, 1919.Private Michael Flynn was killed in while serving in France on 1919.Corp. Frank A. Cancelliere was killed in action in Vietnam on March 15, 1969 Lt. Col. Alfred Barnes was killed in action

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Belleville Sons Honor Roll - Remembering the Men Who Paid for Our FreedomSecond Edition, in print or downloadThe 174-page second edition updates information from the 106-page original printing, including more information on Belleville actions in the American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War and peacetime casualties.Ordering InformationBook

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"It's a well known fact among older generation folks here in town that it was Walter Kidde who helped Belleville win the Second World War. While thousands of our own fighting men engaged our enemies around the globe, from Tokyo to Berlin and many unpleasant places in between and beyond, our highly skilled work force toiled without tiring in our factories producing copious quantities of war

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Pfc. Joseph Klimchock was killed in Italy on Dec. 2, 1943.Sgt. Harry Ward Jr. was MIA in the Philippines on Dec. 12, 1944.Sgt. Patrick J. Hoey was killed in Germany on Dec. 14, 1944.Sgt. John J. Miller, Jr. was KIA on Saipan in 1944.Sgt. William H. Deighan was KIA over the English Channel Dec. 30, 1944.Edgar H. Mc Ginty was KIA in Manila on Dec. 15, 1945Thomas Lamb was KIA in the Pacific in 1945.

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Belleville Sons Honor Roll - Remembering the Men Who Paid for Our Freedom, the second edition is now available in print or as a download. The 174-page second edition updates information from the 106-page original printing, including more information on Belleville actions in the American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War and peacetime

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Private George S. Smith was killed in action in France on Nov. 1, 1918. He is buried at Plot E, Row 39, Grave 34, at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France.Sgt. John Del Grosso died in San Diego, Calif. on Nov. 8, 1943.Pvt. Arthur Leithauser was KIA in France on Nov. 2, 1944.Joseph J. Cifrodella, 22, was lost at sea on Nov. 4, 1944.William Hourigan was killed in the Philippines about

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Private George Eyre was killed in action in France on Oct. 19, 1918.Private George Kalvio, 23, on Oct. 24, 1918Private William T. Smith was killed in action in France on Oct. 23, 1918. Sgt. Louis Wagner died after an accident in Georgia, on Oct. 2, 1942.William Gaydos was killed in the Atlantic on Oct. 9, 1943.Seaman Vincent F. Nucci was KIA Oct. 21, 1943.2nd Lt. George Skeen died of wounds on

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Private Charles Mc Ginty was killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.Private First Class Thomas J. Mooney was killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.Cpl. Benjamin Lucas, 23, was killed in a plane crash in China on Sept. 28, 1945.Marine Corp. William J. Salmon, 21, was killed in action Sept. 23, 1944, on Peleleiu on Palau Islands in the South Pacific. Tuskeegee Airman Flight Officer Leonard R. Willette, 22

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Private Edward Crowell Jr. died of wounds in Brest, August 4, 1919. Seaman 2/ John Johnson died in the South Pacific on Aug. 4, 1945.Wallace Reed was KIA in France on Aug. 6, 1944.Pfc. Albert E. Pole was killed in Guam Aug. 7, 1944Seaman 2/c Gerald Strigari died in Brooklyn on Aug. 10, 1944.Robert Stecker was KIA in France in August 15, 1944.James T. White was KIA in Italy in Aug. 16, 1944.Donald

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Ceremony honoring sixty-six Belleville veterans of the American Revolution buried in the churchyard at the Belleville Dutch Reformed ChurchJuly 4, 10:30 a.m.corner of Rutger and Main Street.For information or to help, please call (973) 759-9009.See event photos. and related links.

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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

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Thomas Stevens was killed June 27, 1862.Fireman, 1/c Charles R. Braun was killed June 5, 1943.Sgt. Michael G. Froehlich was killed over Europe on June 11, 1943.Cpl. Hector Mc Neill was killed at Anzio, Italy, on June 1, 1944. Sgt. Patrick J. Barbone was killed over Europe on June 2, 1944.Merchant Marine Joseph Razes died in the South Pacific on June 2, 1944.2nd Lt. Herman M. Doell was KIA in

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This Memorial Day, let us not forget these Belleville sons, brothers and fathers who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.Private Thomas J. Mooney was killed in action in France on Sept. 27, 1918.Private Charles Mc Ginty was killed in action in France on Sept. 29, 1918.Private George Eyre was killed in action in France on Oct. 19, 1918.Private William T. Smith was killed in action in France on

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Chief Warrant Officer Donald S. Murray, 37, was killed in a mid-air helicopter crash April 14, 1996, during live Hellfire Missile drill on McGregor Range at Ft. Bliss, New Mexico.A 14-year veteran, paratrooper Murray grew up on Moore Place in Belleville and attended Holy Family School.Albuquerque Journal (NM) - April 16, 1996FT. BLISS CRASHES KILL THREE2 COPTERS WENT DOWN DURING NIGHT TRAINING

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Pfc. Joseph Klimchock was killed in Italy on Dec. 2, 1943.Sgt. Harry Ward Jr. was MIA in the Philippines on Dec. 12, 1944.Sgt. Patrick J. Hoey was killed in Germany on Dec. 14, 1944.Sgt. John J. Miller, Jr. was KIA on Saipan in 1944.Sgt. William H. Deighan was KIA over the English Channel Dec. 30, 1944.Edgar H. Mc Ginty was KIA in Manila on Dec. 15, 1945Thomas Lamb was KIA in the Pacific in 1945.

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(Nov. 30, 1967) -- Today at 9:30 a.m., a solemn high Mass will be held at St. Anthony's Church, for Marine Lance Corporal Jerry Richard Donatiello of Frederick Street.He was killed Nov. 20 after sustaining a gunshot wound to the body from hostile rifle fire while on an operation in the vicinity of Quang Namn, Republic of Vietnam.Continue readingCopyright © 2007 by Anthony Buccino, all rights

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Pfc. Samuel C. Morales, son of Sonia E. Cruz of Rock Hill and Samuel Morales of Haledon, N.J., recently completed the Electro Optical Ordnance Maintenance Technician Course. He is a 2005 graduate of Belleville High School in Belleville, N.J.The Herald Nov. 10, 2007

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(Nov. 21, 1944) -- Pvt. Joseph Zecca, 19, of Fairway Avenue, was reported missing in action in Italy on Oct. 29. (The killed in action notice came Jan. 23.)Zecca left in his senior year at Belleville High School and entered the Army in 1943. He trained in Alabama.Pvt. Zecca went overseas in March and was stationed in North Africa. He arrived in Italy in June.He served with the 133rd Infantry.

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Private George Eyre was killed in action on Oct. 19, 1918. He joined the Army from New Jersey. Pvt. Eyre served with the 312th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division. He is buried at Plot E, Row 08, Grave 12, at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France.Private George Kalvio, 23, on Oct. 24, 1918Private First Class William T. Smith was killed in action on Oct. 23, 1918. He joined the

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Read the storyThe battle of Second River, fought in September 1777 in what is now Belleville, N.J.Story courtesy The Belleville Times.Skirmish of Second RiverIn September of 1777 there was an engagement which is most frequently referred to as the “Battle of Second River”. It is for this engagement that a memorial plaque has been erected in the park. The British intended to expand their invasion

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(October 25, 1945) -- Cpl. Benjamin Lucas, 23, was killed in a plane crash in China on Sept. 28.Lucas, son of Mrs. Louise Lucas of Newark Place, was on his way home when the plane was destroyed in a crash.Cpl. Lucas had completed two years in the Far East, most recently stationed at the headquarters of Chinese Combat Command.He enlisted in the Army in March 1942.Cpl. Lucas was first stationed in

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Private Charles Mc Ginty was killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918. He joined the Army from New Jersey. Pvt. Mc Ginty served with the 147th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division. He is listed as Missing in Action or Buried at Sea on the Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France.Belleville Sons Honor RollCopyright © 2007 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved.

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( Oct. 26, 1944) -- Marine Corp. William J. Salmon, 21, of Dewitt Avenue, was killed in action Sept. 23, on Peleleiu on Palau Islands in the South Pacific. Cpl. Salmon was a sniper-scout on the Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester and New Guinea campaigns.He left Belleville High School in his junior year to join the CCC. While overseas, he met his brother on Guadalcanal in December 1941. The brothers

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(Jan. 18, 1945) -- Flight Officer Leonard R. Willette, 22, was declared killed in action this week. Willette, service number O1692873, had been listed as missing in action since Sept. 22.He is the son of Newark Police Lt. and Mrs. Lawrence Willette, of Stephens Street.The young man enlisted in the Army Air Corps while a student at New York University. He entered the service from New Jersey.He

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(Oct. 12, 1944) -- Sgt. John F. Verian, 22, of Washington Avenue, was killed in action in the midst of the Siegried Line in Germany.Sgt. Verian landed in Oran, North Africa on Christmas Day 1942, six months after he entered the Army. He was wounded in Tunisia while serving in the First Division. Sgt. Verian was also wounded in the invasion of Sicily on July 10.In January 1944 he went to England

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(November 30, 1944) -- Marine Sgt. William J. Mears, of Jefferson Street, was killed in action in Peleliu on Palau Islands in the South Pacific on Sept. 15.Mears enlisted in the Marines the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked. During his tour he was cited as a demolitions expert. He was a veteran of Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, New Britain and Bougainville during his 28 months overseas.He was

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(Nov. 30, 1944) -- Ship's cook 3/c Glenn C. Nelson, 21, missing since his ship-destroyer Warrington went down off the Virginia coast Sept. 12 in what was to be known as the Great Atlantic Hurricane of Sept. 14, 1944.Nelson enlisted in the Navy in August 1941. His wife Anna lives on Washington Avenue.

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(Oct. 5, 1944) -- Quartermaster 3/c William Russell White, 30, the son of Mrs. Caroline E. White of Holmes Street, was presumed to be dead by the Navy. White had not been heard from since his destroyer the USS Rowan was blown up off the beaches of Salerno, Italy, on Sept. 11, 1943.White enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on Nov. 2, 1942. His service number is 07087795. He was called to

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(Oct. 14/Nov.18, 1943) -- Seaman 2/c Thomas A. Peacock, 20, was killed in action and buried at sea in the area of Malta, in the invasion of Sicily on Sept. 11.Peacock was believed to be aboard the USS Savannah in the Mediterranean when it was attacked by Nazi dive bombers.A small memorial ceremony was held on Armistice Day (November 1943) in the Soho section of Belleville incorporating the Town's

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(Oct. 4, 1945) -- Sgt. Frank H. Metzler, 21, was presumed dead on Sept. 10, the War Dept. notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Metzler of Reservoir Place.Sgt. Metzler, a tail gunner on a Flying Fortress, had been overseas five weeks before being reported missing in Germany since March 8, 1944.He is survived by his brother Pfc. Charles Metzler of the 1st Army who returned after 13 months in

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Sgt. Arthur H. Lundgren, of Smith Street, died at Fort Dix, in September 1942.

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(Sept. 28, 1944) -- Ordnanceman 3/c John F. Kirwin of Forest Street was killed in the South Pacific when his patrol plane (PBM) crashed at sea on Sept. 5. "Jack" Kirwin was 19 when he enlisted in the Navy in February 1943. He didn't finish high school, he went as a senior to boot training at Sampson. Kirwin received his specialized training in Tennessee, Florida and California before going

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Private Charles Mc Ginty was killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.Private First Class Thomas J. Mooney was killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.Cpl. Benjamin Lucas, 23, was killed in a plane crash in China on Sept. 28, 1945.Marine Corp. William J. Salmon, 21, was killed in action Sept. 23, 1944, on Peleleiu on Palau Islands in the South Pacific. Tuskeegee Airman Flight Officer Leonard R. Willette, 22

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Private Edward Crowell Jr. died of wounds in Brest, August 4, 1919. Seaman 2/ John Johnson died in the South Pacific on Aug. 4, 1945.Wallace Reed was KIA in France on Aug. 6, 1944.Pfc. Albert E. Pole was killed in Guam Aug. 7, 1944Seaman 2/c Gerald Strigari died in Brooklyn on Aug. 10, 1944.Robert Stecker was KIA in France in August 15, 1944.James T. White was KIA in Italy in Aug. 16, 1944.Donald

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(Aug. 16, 1945) -- Lt. Kenneth Chewey died in the Philippines after a few days of illness on July 23.Lt. Chewey received two battle stars for action in the Leyte and Luzon campaigns.He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Chewey of Malone Avenue.Continue readingCopyright © 2007 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Photos and content may not be used for commercial purposes without written

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S. Sgt. Clatie R. Cunningham, Jr. was killed on a mission over the Mekong River in Vietnam, on July 23, 1945, when the B-24 in which he was the flight engineer crashed after a bombing run scored a direct hit on an enemy barge.The explosion of the barge was so bad that the B-24 was damaged. The pilot then headed to a point assigned to a life-guard submarine.Continue readingCopyright © 2007 by

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In MemoriamPOTISFirst Lt. Wilfred Dallas Potis of Belleville, who was born July 18, 1917, died April 26, 1945, while serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a pilot of a B24 stationed in England. This would have been his 90th birthday. It has been 62 years since he passed away, but he will never be forgotten.Happy Birthday in Heaven, my love.DOTTIE Published in The Star

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(Aug. 10, 1944) -- Lt. John J. Daly Jr., was killed in action in Normandy on July 4.Lt. Daly commanded a paratroop company.Continue readingCopyright © 2007 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Photos and content may not be used for commercial purposes without written permission. CarnivalSupport this web site, shop at Amazon through this link, thanks 

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(July 16-21, 1970) -- Pfc. Carl Lawrence Mickens, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Mickens of Wilbur Street, was killed in action on July 4 in Vietnam.Private Mickens, lost his life in a booby trap explosion while he was on a military mission, according to a telegram received by his parents.Continue readingCopyright © 2007 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Photos and content may not be

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Captain Henry Benson of Belleville, N.J., died in 1862 at Malvern Hill, Va.July 1, 1862, was the sixth and last of the Seven Days’ Battles. On that day, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched a series of disjointed assaults on the nearly impregnable Union position on Malvern Hill.Capt. Benson is buried in the Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Belleville.Sources: American Civil War.com; Belleville:

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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

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(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.Continue readingCopyright © 2007 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved.

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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,

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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

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(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.Continue readingCopyright © 2007 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Photos

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(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.Continue reading

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Capt. William A. Branch, 28, was killed in South Vietnam on June 6, 1970, when his helicopter was brought down by enemy fire.Continue readingA daughter's tribute

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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

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Belleville sons who perished in taking Normandy. Copyright © 2007 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Content may not be used for commercial purposes without written permission.Belleville Sons Honor Roll

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(June 17, 1969) -- Pfc. Paul V. Nelson, 20, of Williams Street, was killed in action on May 31, in the northern part of South Vietnam, according to the Department of the Army.Nelson was awarded the Silver Star “for gallantry in action against an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam.”PFC. Nelson “distinguished himself by intrepid actions” on May 31, while serving as a radio telephone

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Belleville author/blogger Norman Price has recounted life in Belleville six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. "... It is June 6, 1942. It has been barely 6 months since Pearl Harbor. The nation is at war, New Jersey is at war, Belleville is at war. The war has just become more personal here. The first war casualty from Belleville in an enemy attack had occurred two weeks earlier and was

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(April 25, 1952) John R. Gorman, 24, was killed in action in Korea a year ago, the Defense Department declared recently.His parents Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Gorman, who moved to Nutley only a month ago from Belleville, were informed of the casualty by a telegram from Washington.Pfc. Gorman had been listed as missing in action since May 18, 1951.Read more.

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(June 29, 1944) -- Pvt. Morris C. Catalano of Belleville Avenue, was killed in action at Anzio, Italy, on May 14.The battle of Anzio, Italy, a beachhead invasion began in May 1944. Allied troops were held on the beachhead for five months before the breakthrough after Monte Cassino allowed the US 5th Army to dislodge the Germans from the Alban Hills and allow the Anzio force to begin its advance

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(May 22, 1969) -- Lt. Col. Alfred Barnes of Ralph Street, Belleville, a 20-year career Army office, was killed during an enemy rocket and mortar attack in Vietnam on May 12.Mrs. Sadie R. Barnes, his wife, was notified by telegram of the overseas tragedy.Lt. Col. Barnes had a personal dream fulfilled when he assumed command of a battalion two months ago.Continue reading

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(May 10, 1945) -- Seaman 1/c Gilmer Adams was killed in action in the Pacific where he was serving with amphibious Navy forces."Bucky" Adams, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Adams of May Street. His parents received a telegram from the Navy on April 28, but the notice did not detail his reported date of death.Born in North Carolina, Adams was 21 when he enlisted in 1942.He spent 2-1/2 years in

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2nd Lt. Anthony Noto, of Frederick Street, was killed April 28, 1945, in a plane crash in Nettuno, Italy.Born on July 21, 1918, he enlisted in the Air Force in July 1943. He served with the 459th Bombardment Group, 756th Bomber Squadron.He was awarded the Air Medal and two Oak Leaf Clusters.His service number is 02039301.Read more.

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Lieutenant Junior Grade Richard T. Hayes, U.S. Navy serial No. 0-176597, served in the United States Naval Reserve.He entered the Service from Ohio, and died on April 27, 1945.He is listed on the Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.He was awarded the Air Medal with Gold Star.Lt. Hayes is survived by his wife Mrs. Margaret Flewellyn

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(May 17, 1945) -- 1st Lt. Wilfred Potis, 28, son of Mrs. Charlotte H. Potis of Hornblower Avenue, was killed in England in an aircraft accident on April 26.His wife, Dorothy, received the telegram the day after V-E day, when victory was declared in Europe.Lt. Potis was the pilot of a B-24 Liberator, stationed with the 8th Air Force in England.His last letter was written April 25 after he

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Congressman William Pascrell, Jr. and Joseph Fornarotto pitch the first shovels at DAV building groundbreaking.BELLEVILLE, N.J. -- Disabled American Veterans will soon have a new local building where they can learn about benefits and follow up on their special needs.Members of DAV Chapter 22, serving 312 members in Belleville and Nutley, broke ground for a new building on Mill Street on Saturday

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(May 17, 1945) Pfc. William E. Thetford Jr., 27, of Linden Avenue, was killed in action in Germany on April 20.A member of the 63rd Infantry Division of the 7th Army, Thetford recently wrote home that he liberate Allied soldiers from German prison camps.Thetford had been overseas since September 1943. He participated in campaigns in North Africa, Italy, France and Germany.Thetford trained at Camp

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Belleville Pays Tribute To War Heroes Private Joseph Crowell Jr. and his boyhood friend Michael A. Flynn Jr. died in 1919 in France following the end of hostilities. The young men's remains were returned to the United States and they were buried side-by-side at St. Peter's Church in Belleville, N.J.

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Mill Street, west of Franklin Avenue. Ground breaking April 21, 2007 New Belleville/Nutley Disabled American Veteran's Building

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Pvt. Joseph C. Taibi, of Frederick Street, was killed in action in Tunisia, North Africa, on April 8, 1943.Born on April 16, 1920.He served with the 47th Infantry, 9th Division, PVT JC. His service number is 32057408.Taibi VFW Post #6265 was established in his honor in Belleville, N.J.Read more.

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Salvatore N. Sena, of Heckel Street, was killed in action at the beach-head assault, Anzio, Italy, on April 8, 1944. His is the township's 17th Gold Star.The battle of Anzio, Italy, a beachhead invasion began in May 1944. Allied troops were held on the beachhead for five months before the breakthrough after Monte Cassino allowed the US 5th Army to dislodge the Germans from the Alban Hills and

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(May 3, 1945) -- Sgt. George Malizia was killed in Germany on April 7, 1945.He was the son of Anna and George Malizia of Conover Avenue.Sgt. Malizia entered the service May 5, 1944, and had served in England and France.

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