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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 RANK FIRST LAST SIDE 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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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

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Private Eddie P. Young west

Private Frank Youngs west

Private Joseph Zetterman west

Civilian Employee Winifred Morris west

Thank you to B. Leafe and J. S. Suplicki for assistance