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Private First Class Chester J. Gdowik of 947 Jackson Street, Camden, served with the 6th Armored Infantry Battalion, 1st Armored Division. A South Camden native who worked in the machine shop at New York Shipbuilding before his induction, he was killed in action in Italy on May 25, 1944.
Anthony Joseph Bibinski of Camden served as a Private First Class in the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He took part in the invasions of Anzio and Southern France and was killed in action on November 20, 1944.
Private First Class Louis Bontkowski of 1191 Liberty Street, Camden, NJ served with Company A, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, joined the division in April 1944 in time for the D-Day landings, and died of wounds on September 13, 1944. He is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery, Gloucester Township, NJ.
Tuckahoe-born Camden politician who served as Twelfth Ward freeholder for 14 years and as president of the East Camden Building and Loan Association from 1925 to 1946. His last home was 61 South 27th Street.
Walter Trynski of Camden, NJ served as a Technician 5th Class in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. He died on July 6, 1947, while still serving, and is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Gloucester Township, NJ.
Theodore T. Kausel was born in New York on October 25, 1885. By 1919, he resided in Camden, New Jersey, where he served as superintendent of the Castle Kid Company, one of the city's leather manufacturing businesses.
EUGENE F. ALSTON was born October 16, 1919 in Camden to Richard Alston and his wife, the former Dolly Robinson. His father had been born in 1891 in Henderson, North Carolina.
Camden Courier-Post - January 4, 2008 By Thomas A. Bergbauer , for the Courier-Post Our friend in Seminole, Fla., is at it again. Camden native Robert A. Stanton has published another book about his beloved city.
A requiem high Mass for Pfc. Louis Bontkowski of 1191 Liberty Street was set for St. Joseph's R.C. Church, with burial in the veterans plot of St. Joseph's cemetery at Chews Landing and military honors by Laskowski-Wojtkowiak Post 74, American Legion.
The Camden Courier-Post announces a full military funeral for Pvt. Chester J. Gdowik, killed in action in Italy on May 25, 1944, with High Mass at St. Joseph's Church and burial at St. Joseph's cemetery, Chews Landing.
Freeholders Also Rescue Farm Aid Bureau and Home Extension Service By approving issuance of a $20,000 emergency note, the Camden County Board of Freeholders yesterday afternoon assured continuance of the Camden County Vocational Training School and maintenance of the Agricultural Demonstration Bureau and Home Economic Extension Service until December 31.