Editing Camden, New Jersey (section)

===Military===
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* [[Joe Angelo]] (1896–1978), U.S. Army veteran of [[World War I]] and recipient of the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]<ref>[http://www.dvrbs.com/camden-heroes/CamdenHeroes-JosephTAngelo.htm Private First Class Joseph T. Angelo], Heroes of Camden, New Jersey. Accessed April 5, 2016.</ref>
* [[Mary Ellen Avery]] (1927–2011), pediatrician whose research led to development of successful treatment for [[Infant respiratory distress syndrome]]<ref>[https://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_17.html Dr. Mary Ellen Avery], [[National Library of Medicine]]. Accessed October 22, 2013. "Mary Ellen Avery was born in 1927, in Camden, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Boston Corbett]] (1832–1894), Union Army soldier who killed [[John Wilkes Booth]]<ref>Furgurson, Ernest B. [https://theamericanscholar.org/the-man-who-shot-the-man-who-shot-lincoln/ "The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Lincoln; The hatter Boston Corbett was celebrated as a hero for killing John Wilkes Booth. Fame and fortune did not follow, but madness did."], ''[[The American Scholar (magazine)|The American Scholar]]'', March 1, 2009. Accessed July 7, 2016. "He had worked at his trade of hat finisher in New York, then lived in Camden while employed in Philadelphia."</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Weird New Jersey. # 46|page=60}}</ref>
* [[Steven Ferrari]] (born 1962), career United States Army officer who retired as a [[Major general (United States)|major general]]<ref>Santana, Rebecca. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-mission/161305184/ "A man with a very big mission"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', December 2, 2007. Accessed April 2, 2025, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Spotlight Name: Steven Ferrari Age: 45; born Jan. 25, 1962, in Camden"</ref>
* [[Joseph C. Strasser]] (1940–2019), [[Rear Admiral (United States)|rear admiral]] of the [[United States Navy]] who served a tour as [[President of the Naval War College|President]] of the [[Naval War College]]<ref>[https://www.courierpostonline.com/obituaries/ccp081206 "Obiruary Joseph C. Strasser"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', June 28, 2019. Accessed April 2, 2025. "Born in Camden NJ, he grew up in Collingswood, and graduated from Camden Catholic High school in 1958."</ref>
* [[John P. Van Leer]] (1825–1862), Union Army officer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Prowell |first1=George Reeser |title=The History of Camden County, New Jersey |date=1886 |publisher=L.J. Richards & Co. |location=Philadelphia |pages=176–177 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FPhHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA177 |access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref>
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