September Casualties

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, was declared killed in action. He had been listed as missing in action since Sept. 22, 1944.

Sgt. John F. Verian, 22, of Washington Avenue, was killed in action in the midst of the Siegried Line in Germany.

Marine Sgt. William J. Mears, of Jefferson Street, was killed in action in Peleliu on Palau Islands in the South Pacific on Sept. 15, 1944.

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.

Quartermaster 3/c William Russell White, 30, 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.

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, 1943.

Sgt. Frank H. Metzler, 21, was presumed dead. Sgt. Metzler, a tail gunner on a Flying Fortress, had been overseas five weeks before being reported missing in Germany since March 8, 1944.

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

Ordnanceman 3/c John F. Kirwin was killed in the South Pacific when his patrol plane crashed at sea on Sept. 5, 1944.

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Captain Henry Benson, died of wounds, August 11, 1862

Captain Henry Benson of Belleville, N.J., died in 1862 from wounds received in the Seven Days Battles 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 a family plot at the Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Belleville.

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

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Belleville Sons Honor Roll - Remembering the Men Who Paid for Our Freedom By Anthony Buccino

Publication Date: February 24, 2012

This edition includes additional information on Belleville in the American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, WWI, WWW II, Korea, Vietnam and peacetime casualties. In the last century, Belleville lost 157 sons while in service to our country. This collection, gathered from newspaper clippings and other sources collects what we know about these young men in an effort that their sacrifice not be forgotten.

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August Casualties

Private Edward Crowell Jr. died of wounds in Brest, August 4, 1919.

Seaman 2/c 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, 1944

Seaman 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 Hartley, 20, was killed in the North Atlantic on Aug. 18, 1943.

Robert C. Taylor was killed near Bermuda on Aug. 20, 1944.

Fred R. Wyckoff was killed in action in Tunisia on August 1943.


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50th Commemoration of Vietnam Conflict, in Linden

ARCURI UNVEILS SALUTE TO VIETNAM VETERANS

Nick Arcuri, owner of Arcuri Truck and Trailer Repair, will unveil a custom designed truck dedicated to Vietnam Veterans and the 50th Commemoration of the Vietnam Conflict on Friday, July 20, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Arcuri Truck and Trailer Repair, 1025 East Linden Avenue, Linden, New Jersey.

To honor all those who served, Arcuri covered one of his trucks with a vinyl graphic display designed by Great Dane Trailer. These graphics feature the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation, the New Jersey State Council of Vietnam Veterans of America, Vietnam Veterans of America National Chapter, and Maximum Quality Foods.

Maximum Quality Foods is proud to show their support by displaying the truck at the 2nd Annual Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show on Sunday, September 30, 2012, in the PNC Bank Arts Center parking lot, exit 116 off the Garden State Parkway.

For information about either event, please contact Bill Linderman at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation at 732-335-0033 xt. 101 or blinderman@njvvmf.org .

July Casualties

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, died of injuries suffered two days earlier in a highway accident in Burlington, Vt.

Captain Henry Benson died in 1862 at Malvern Hill, Va.

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Thomas Stevens, KIA - June 27, 1862

Thomas Stevens (Stephens) was killed in action 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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JUNE CASUALTIES

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 Europe on June 6, 1944.

Albert Lariviero was KIA at Normandy on June 6, 1944.

Carmen Olivo was killed during the invasion of France on June 6, 1944.

Lee White was killed during the invasion of France on June 8, 1944.

Arthur Burke was killed during the Normandy invasion on June 9, 1944.

Edward R. Henris was killed in Europe on June 9, 1944.

Seaman Ronald McCormack was MIA after in Normandy, June 9, 1944.

Harry Nyegaard was killed in Saipan on June 19, 1944.

Emil Ostrowski was killed in France in June 1944.

Sgt. Edward DiCarlo was KIA on Guam on June 26, 1945.

Cpl. Rene J. Flory was killed in the Korean War on June 9, 1951.

Captain William Branch, 28, was killed in Vietnam on June 6, 1970.

Raymond DeLuca, 20, was killed in action in Vietnam on June 27, 1968.

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Svehla Medal of Honor ceremony - one year ago

One year ago: 


During a somber ceremony in the White House East Room, President Barack Obama bestowed the Medal of Honor posthumously on two Army privates -- Anthony T. Kaho'ohanohano of Pukalani, Hawaii, and Henry Svehla of Belleville, N.J. -- who had given their lives in the Korean War. 

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John Rodgers, KIA - April 8, 1865

John Rogers died April 8, 1865, of his wounds, according to the Civil War Diary of James C. Taylor of Belleville, Company F, 39th Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, in the War to Save the Union of the United States of America, published in 1925.

In his diary, Taylor wrote on April 1: “At 11 last night 2 pieces of heavy artillery were brought into Fort Davis. This looks ominous. At 11:30 the regiment fell in and went out alongside the road where they waited there for hot coffee, and then we removed down to the front. We moved as far front as we could and then were ordered to lie flat on the ground. The enemy are firing lively with mortar shells and rifle shots. While lying flat, John Rodgers received a fatal wound.”

Taylor enlisted in Captain John Hunkele’s Company on Sept. 17, 1864, along with Rodgers, James M. Crisp, Linus Ackerman, Edmund Holmes, Charles Stanford, James McCluskey and Daniel McGinnis.

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Middle School honors Vietnam War fallen heroes

The B.M.S. 8^th grade students in Mrs. Dawn Buccino’s English classes recently completed a P.B.L. about the Vietnam War and its impact on Belleville in the 1960s and 1970s. P.B.L. stands for “project based learning” where the students work on various mandatory and optional or choice activities based on a task statement.

Back row, from left, Krystal Diaz, Amy Trinh, and Leticia Orgueira. Front row, from left, Madeline Bini, Breeyanah Gee-Burney, and Veronica Alvarado. 

Mrs. Buccino took a lesson she had been teaching for the last three years based on the story “Stop the Sun” by Gary Paulsen about a Vietnam War veteran who struggles with his memories of war. She added the book “Belleville Sons Honor Roll-Remembering the Men Who Paid For Our Freedom” which documents the biographies of 157 Belleville men who died while in service to create the three week project. “Belleville Sons” is written by Mrs. Buccino’s husband, local author Anthony Buccino.

She was also assisted by her team Social Studies teacher, Mr. Anthony Ferrara, who taught his Vietnam War unit a bit ahead of schedule to coincide with the P.B.L.

The P.B.L takes a task statement, adds technology, tiered lessons and a differentiated classroom while training the students to schedule their own time. It allows for authentic performance where students showcase their knowledge and produce, not only a packet of diverse work, but also a closing project.

April Casualties

John Rogers died of his wounds on April 8, 1865.

Alvin C. Brown
George Malizia
Salvatore Sena
Joseph Taibi
William Thetford
Wilfred Potis
Richard Hayes
Anthony Noto
Gilmer Adams
John Gorman
Thomas Peacock
Emil Liloia

Chief Warrant Officer Donald S. Murray, 37, was killed in a mid-air helicopter crash April 14, 1996.

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