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- U.S. Marine Corps
- World War II
- SSgt; 5th Marine, 1st Marine Division (Last Unit)
- Interment ~ Salem County War Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery, Pilesgrove, NJ
- Class of 1938
Service 1943-1946
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Winfred H. "Shorty" English
(1921-2015)
- U.S. Army Air Corps
- World War II
- Received his Pilot Wings on March, 1945
- Continued in active Air Force Reserve until 1958
- He instructed flying in light planes from 1945 to 1968
- Interment ~ Salem County War Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery, Pilesgrove, NJ
- Class of 1938
Service 1939 - 1958
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Norman Henry Gardiner
(1920-2005)
- U.S. Army Air Corps
- Pilot with the 35th Fighter Group
- Served with the occupation forces in Japan
- Class of 1938
Service WWII
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Joseph Hall
(1919-1981)
- U.S. Army
- World War II
- Korean Conflict
- Vietnam
- Interment ~ Salem County War Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery, Pilesgrove, NJ
- Class of 1938
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Benjamin Carll Harris
(1920-1989)
- U.S. Navy
- World War II
- Motor mechanic on an L.S.T. boat
- Interment ~ East View Cemetery, Salem, NJ
- Class of 1938
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Lester Harris
(1920-2014)
- U.S. Army Air Force
- World War II
- Rank: T Sgt
- Army Air Corp radio operator/gunner
- Completed 25 missions over Germany in the legendary flying Fortress
- AAF Gunnery Instructor
- Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross and Good Conduct Medal
- H.P Morrison American Legion Post 75; and, VFW Post 253
- Interment ~ Salem County War Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery, Pilesgrove, NJ
- Class of 1938
Service 1942 - 1945
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Spencer Nichols
(1920-1986)
- U.S. Army Air Corps
- World War II
- U.S. Army band at Camp Swift, Texas
- Interment ~ Salem County War Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery, Pilesgrove, NJ
- Class of 1938
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George Constantine Pappas
(1919-2000)
- U.S. Army
- World War II
- Served in France
- Interment ~ Saint John's Episcopal Churchyard, Salem, NJ
- Class of 1938
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- U.S. Coast Guard
- World War II
- Amphibious Forces
- Served in many locations including Nags Head, San Francisco, and aboard the attack transport ship Joseph T. Dickman in Okinawa, Salerno, and at Normandy on D-Day
- Received a commendation for his heroic actions on D-Day; USCG Commendation medal
- Interment ~ Saint John's Episcopal Churchyard, Salem, NJ
- Class of 1938
Service 1941 - 1946
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- U.S. Army Air Force
- World War II
- Interment ~ Baptist Cemetery, Salem, NJ
- Class of 1938
Service WWII
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Irving Norton Perry
(1919-2012)
- U.S. Marine Corps
- World War II
- Technical Sergeant with the Fifth Air Force in Nagoya, Japan
- Interment ~ Cohansey Baptist Church Cemetery, Cohansey, NJ
- Class of 1938
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Antonio O. Rhea "Tony"
(1921-2016)
- U.S. Marine Corps
- World War II
- Sergeant
- Graduated from the Marine Corps Quartermaster School at Camp Lejiune, New River, N.C.
- Served with the 4th Marine Division overseas
- Fought on Iwo Jima
- Played baseball for the Medics baseball team at a Pacific base
- Interment ~ St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Salem, NJ
- Class of 1938
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Lewis Raymond Sheets, Jr.
(1920-2005)
- U.S. Navy
- World War II
- Serving in the Pacific Area on a submarine tender
- Interment ~ Alloway United Methodist Church Cemetery, Alloway, NJ
- Class of 1938
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