Mount Ephraim War Memorial

Branch: NAVY RESERVES Service Number: 8151322  Rank: Electrician’s Mate, 3 rd Class Outfit: U.S. Naval Operating Facility #120, Recife, Brazil. 1107 W. Kings Hwy. Robert August Muller Jr. was born on November 12, 1910 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to parents, Robert Sr. and Lena (Munz) Muller. Robert Sr. was a saloon operator in Philadelphia and Lena was a housekeeper. The Mullers had 3 more children after the birth of Robert Jr. Frederick was born in 1912, Francis in 1913, and William in 1916.  The family moved from 2215 South Third Street in South Philadelphia to 1107 West Kings Highway in Mount Ephraim some time around 1915. Robert Sr. found new employment as a shipfitter at a ship yard in Gloucester City.  On the morning of October 8, 1919, a piece of iron plating fell from an unknown height, striking him in the head. The impact killed him instantly. He was only 43 years of age. Lena would now have to be solely responsible for raising her 4 you...

Branch: ARMY Service Number: 6719095  Rank: Private Unit: 32 nd Infantry Div, 126 th Infantry Reg, Co. “I” Willis Theodore Houser was born on July 10, 1906 in Millerton, Pennsylvania to parents Dr. Penrose Willis Houser and Anna "Leda" (Hamilton) Houser. Willis was the youngest of the siblings. He had a sister, Vera born in 1900 and a brother, Verde born in 1901. Dr. Houser also had two children from a previous marriage. Celia was born in 1893 (but later died in 1918) and Hugh was born a year later. Dr. Penrose Houser Penrose Houser was a physician who practiced medicine in Millerton and Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. He had originally gone to school for music but this career had proved too difficult to earn a decent living at the time. He decided to change his profession and attended both Johns Hopkins and Columbia Universities where he received his medical degrees. Penrose's musical influence did not however go to unnoticed. He was a talented violi...

Branch: ARMY Service Number: 42113944 Rank: Private First Class Unit: 63rd Infantry Div, 253rd Infantry Reg, Co. "C" Daniel was born Donato Francis Benevento in Buenos Aires, Argentina on June 22, 1909 to parents Rocco and Anna Lucia “Lucy” (Desopo) Benevento. Daniel and his family were from Tricarico, a small town located in province Matera, Basilicata, southern Italy. Not sure yet of the reason he was born in Argentina, but he spent his younger years in Italy. "Dan" was third oldest of four children in the family. The eldest was his sister Maria “Mary" who was born in 1898, then came brother Antonio “Anthony,” who was born in 1900. The baby of the Benevento children was Joseph, born in 1912. Political, social, and economic unrest was growing by the day in Italy. The Italian government was allocating more of the nation’s resources to industrialize the north rather than share in the development of prosperity with the south. This resulted in an u...