Sgt. Joyce Kilmer Square, at the intersection of Kings Highway, Quentin Road, and East 12th street; June 18, 1961. Kilmer was a poet and print journalist whose work appeared in the New York Times, prior the outbreak our World War I. In the Army, Kilmer rose to the rank of sergeant. He was killed on July 30, 1918 in the second battle of the Marne.