Matawan in the Military: Wall of Honor

Name: Donald Allaway, PFC, USA Local address: 16 Ivy Way, Aberdeen, NJ Donald, born July 22, 1945 in Passaic, NJ, was the third of five children of Vernon Charles Allaway [...]

Name: Arrowsmith, Edwin, coal heaver, US Navy Local address: Main Street, Middletown Point. 1850 and 1860 maps show the family homestead to be between Church and Spring on Main Street. [...]

Name: Banke, Arris Gordon, Aviation Cadet, USNR Local address: 64 Wycoff Street, Matawan, NJ Arris, born October 1, 1923 in Matawan, was the only child of Adolph Adam Banke (1886-1968) [...]

Name: Bennett, Robert Henderson, Major, USA Local address: Wilson Avenue, Matawan, NJ Robert was born February 6, 1908 in Brockton, MA, the second of three children of Walter A. Bennett [...]

Name: Beuttenmiller, George Frederick, PVT, USA Local address: Cliffwood Ave, Cliffwood, NJ George’s father, Frederick E. Beuttenmuller (c. 1841-1896) was a German immigrant who worked as a butcher in Elizabeth, [...]

Name: Brown, Raymond Charles, SO3, USN Local address: RFD#3 Matawan (Morganville, NJ) – Brown was a 1941 Matawan High graduate Raymond, born February 15, 1896 in Marlboro Township, was the [...]

Name: Brown, Whited “Bub” Carlton, PFC, USA Local address: RD #1, Matawan, NJ Whited, born April 21, 1921 in Cheesequake, NJ, was the second of three children of Louis Henry [...]

Name: Bublin, John F, PVT, USA Address: Jackson Street (per 1910 census), Main Street (1917 draft record), Matawan, NJ George was the fifth of nine children of Franz “Frank” Bublin [...]

Name: Carney, James, Pvt, USA Local Address: Jackson Street in 1910, Main Street, 1917, Matawan James Carney’s (possibly originally “Kearney”) family came to the US from Ireland around 1856, with [...]

Name: Craven, John F, PVT, USA Local Address: Middletown Point, NJ John’s father may have been Ezekiel Craven (c. 1761-1840), whose will was probated in Monmouth County February 12, 1840. [...]

Name: Cross, William Thomas, SGT, USA Local address: 105 Atlantic Avenue, Aberdeen, NJ William, born September 17, 1917, in Long Branch, NJ, was the eldest of four children of Thomas [...]

Name: Dernberger, William Lyon, LT (jg), USNR Local address: 4 Edgemere Drive, Matawan, NJ William was born January 19, 1917 in Matawan to Joseph Andrew Dernberger (1889-1974) and Rena C. [...]

Name: Dexter, Charles Spafford, PVT, USA Local address: 67 Atlantic Ave, Aberdeen, NJ The Dexter family had been in Matawan since the 1860s, with father Charles, SR, being born here [...]

Name: Durante, George Thomas, PFC, USA Address: 49 Gerard Ave, Aberdeen, NJ (home was demolished during Garden State Parkway construction) The Durante family has roots in San Lupo, Italy, and [...]

Name: Durante, Luke John, CPM, USN Local address: 6 Main St, Matawan, NJ Luke’s father Giovanni “John” Durante (1885-1955) was yet another Italian immigrant from San Lupo, Italy, who came [...]

Name: Ellis, Edward Porter, LT, USNR Local address: 167 Main St, Matawan, NJ (this was the residence of his in-laws. The article reporting him MIA listed him at 169 Main, [...]

Name: Phillip Edward Frank, LCPL, USMC Local address: Cliffwood Beach, NJ Phillip was born July 5, 1983 in Red Bank, NJ to Roy and Georgette Frank, their second and last [...]

Name: Furey, John Joseph, PVT, USA Local address: 33 Gerard Avenue, Matawan Township, NJ John, born March 20, 1892 in Matawan Township, was the second child and first son of [...]

Name: Giugliano, John, PFC, USA Local address: 16 Main Street, Matawan, NJ John, born April 22, 1927 in Matawan, was the youngest of five children of Italian immigrant Pasquale “Patsy” [...]

Name: Edward Haddock, PFC, USMC Local address: 26 Idaho Lane, Aberdeen, NJ Courtney John Gilpin Haddock (1915-1987) and Helen Marguerite Glassmeyer (1918-1975) were married July 25, 1941 in Asbury Park [...]

Name: Headden, George M., PVT, 5th New Jersey Infantry Regiment Local Address: Wife and children in Middletown Point per 1860 census George was born around 1819 in New Jersey, probably [...]

Name: Hourihan, John Joseph, PVT, USA Local address: Cliffwood Avenue, Cliffwood, NJ John’s father Patrick J. Hourihan (1859-1913) arrived in the United States from Ireland in 1881 and subsequently married [...]

Name: Kaleda, Charles Anthony, PVT, USA Local address: 33 Broadway, Matawan (note: there is presently no “33 Broadway” in Matawan; however, there are several different references to this specific Matawan [...]

Name: Kavanagh, Charles Joseph, ARM3, USNR Local address: Rt 1, Box 512, Matawan, NJ (MHS Class of 1941) I believe this address was on Spring Valley Road near what is [...]

Name: King, William H., PVT, USA Local address: uncertain – probably in the vicinity of what is now Atlantic Avenue, where the majority of Matawan’s African Americans resided at that [...]

Name: Koisa, John Stephen, T/5, USA Local address: 5 Dock Street, Matawan, NJ (the Koisa family lived in several area residences, The 1940 census indicated John lived in Matawan in [...]

Name: Kostal, Richard “Dick” Emile, 2nd LT, USAAF Local address: Englishtown Road, Morganville, NJ (Matawan High School Class of 1940) Richard, born June 10, 1922 in Staten Island, was the [...]

Name: Lassen, Brent William, ST3, USN Local address: 25 Beechwood Terrace, Matawan, NJ Brent, born July 21, 1952 in South Amboy, was the fourth of seven children born to Foster [...]

Name: Maloney, Francis “Frank" Bernard, Pvt, USA Local address: 7 Fountain Avenue, Matawan, NJ Frank was born December 7, 1913 in New York City, the second and last child of [...]

Name: McElvaine, Wilbur, PVT, USMC Local address: 42 Wilson Avenue, Matawan, NJ Wilbur had the unhappy distinction of being the first area resident killed in WWII. The youngest of four [...]

Name: Charles Patrick Millar, SGT, USA Local address: 188 Greenwood Ave, Cliffwood Beach, NJ Charles was the second child of Carl J. Millar (1904-1955), a chauffeur, and Kathleen McCormack (1905-1969). [...]

Names: Morgan brothers – John and Joseph, both privates in the 29th New Jersey Infantry Regiment Local address: Freneau, NJ John (born c.1838) and Joseph (c. 1843) were the fifth [...]

Name: Morse, Charles “Skip” Francis, JR, PFC, USMC Local address: Cliffwood Ave, Cliffwood, NJ Charles, born June 14, 1949 in Newark, was the middle of three children of Charles Francis [...]

Name: Murphy, John Oliver, 2nd LT, USA Local address: born in Matawan and lived here as a child. John, known as “Ollie”, was born in Matawan on February 18, 1890 [...]

Name: Parisi, Emelio Anthony, PFC, USA Local address: 11 Orchard St, Matawan, NJ (I believe a new residence exists at this location now.) Emelio, born June 6, 1919 in Freehold, [...]

Name: Schanck, Spafford Walling Jr, SGT, USA Local address: 160 Main Street, Matawan, NJ (residence since razed) Spafford, born September 19, 1923 in New Brunswick, NJ, was the only son [...]

Name: Seidler, Richard Louis, AMM3, USN Local address: 504 Prospect Ave, Lawrence Harbor, NJ (Matawan High School class of 1935) Richard Louis Seidler was born July 12, 1916 in Newark, [...]

Name: Short, John James, PVT, USA Local address: 2 Gaston Avenue, Aberdeen, NJ John’s grandfather James J. Short (1855-1918) was an Irish immigrant who settled in Matawan Township in the [...]

Name: Starkey, William Frank, JR, PFC, USA Local address: 63 Atlantic Avenue, Aberdeen, NJ William, born April 19, 1920, Brooklyn, NY, was the eldest of two children of William Frank [...]

Name: Weisner, Gregory “Greg” Charles, PFC, USA Local address: 28 Waverly Place, Aberdeen, NJ Gregory was the youngest of five children of Robert Alden Weisner (1917-1978) and Edna Jane Moulton [...]

Name: Winschuh, John Herman, 1stLT, USA Local address: 213 Ravine Drive, Matawan, NJ John was the second child of Theodore Herman Winschuh (1881-1971) and Gertrude Nagel (1882-1963), born February 8, [...]