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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS FRANK
TAMRU was born in New Jersey around 1917, the son of Fred and Josephine
Tamru. Fred Tamru worked as a barber, and had his own shop. Josephine
Tamru was active in Republican politics in her neighborhood. In the
1920s and 1930s, the family shared a duplex with the Travaline family at
1117 South
4th Street. Their sons, Dominick
'Don' Travaline and Frank
M. Travaline Jr. were well known in musical and political circles
respectively.
Frank Tamru was a graduate of
Camden High
School. Known to friends as "Buddy", he was killed in a vehicle accident while serving in Italy with the United States
Army on April 27, 1945. |
