Matawan Honor Roll - Follow Up (7 June 2009)

Some follow-up research on my recent blog post concerning the list of World War II fallen from Matawan:

• Arris Gordon Banke was born in New Jersey about 1923 to Adam and Maud Banke. In the 1930 census, Adam was a 43-year-old dry goods salesman from New York living in Matawan with his New York-born wife and their son. Adam's parents were born in Germany. I couldn't locate Arris's enlistment record.
  
• Martin F Bell was born in New Jersey in 1921 to Samuel and Gussie Bell. In the 1930 census, Samuel was a 37-year old butcher born in New Jersey and living in Matawan with his New Jersey-born wife, son Martin, and another son, 3-year old Calvin. Martin's grandparents were all born in Russia. Martin enlisted in Camden on 30 September 1942 to become a warrant officer.
  
• Floyd G Bliss was born in Illinois in 1916 to Frank and Dora Bliss. In the 1930 census, Frank was a 43-year-old electrical engineer from Rhode Island who was living in Matawan with a wife from Massachusetts, son Floyd, and another son, Frank Jr, who was born in Wisconsin about 5 years before Floyd was born. Floyd had three years of college accounting to his credit when he enlisted for the military two months before the Pearl Harbor attack. He was inducted at Fort Dix to become a warrant officer.
• Clifford V Brower was born in New Jersey in 1915 to Joseph Brower. In the 1930 census, Joseph was a 46-year-old widower from New Jersey who was working with bicycles and living with his son in nearby Keyport. Clifford had a high school education and some experience as a driver when he enlisted for a three-year stint in the military four months before the Pearl Harbor attack. He was inducted at Trenton to become a warrant officer.