AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

Seymour Tarken

Private, U.S. Army

32069969

Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died:
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The East Camden News, a weekly newspaper which served East Camden and Pennsauken west of Route 130 and south of Cove Road, reported the following in its February 19, 1942 edition, in its Town Crier column

Martin Tarken, of 2365 Baird Blvd, is with the Medical Corps at Fort Lee, VA... His brother Seymour is doing radio work with the Army at Fort Jackson....

PRIVATE SEYMOUR TARKEN was born in the spring of 1916 to Samuel and Goldie Tarken, in Pennsylvania. In 1920 the family lived at 2514 2^nd Street it Philadelphia, where the father worked as a butcher. The Tarken family later moved to Camden NJ, and settled at 2365 Baird Boulevard.

Seymour Tarken was drafted on May 19, 1941 in New Jersey. By February of 1942, he had been assigned to Fort Jackson SC, working with radios. He died at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri of causes not related to combat. He was survived by his parents and brother, Martin Tarken.

Seymour Tarken

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army

HONORED BY
Mr. Martin Tarken, Brother

ACTIVITY DURING WWII
LINESMAN.

	Camden Courier-Post July 30, 1941 Hotel Walt Whitman Mrs. Mae Ford Cooper Street Margaret McSwiggan Carman Street Bertha Hunsberger Newton Avenue Goldie Tarken Baird Boulevard Alice Harris Clinton Harris Nellie Dix Harold DIx Ethel Down Ada Kuhs

Seymour Tarken

Private, U.S. Army

32069969

PRIVATE SEYMOUR TARKEN was born in the spring of 1916 to Samuel and Goldie Tarken, in Pennsylvania. In 1920 the family lived at 2514 2nd Street it Philadelphia, where the father worked as a butcher. The Tarken family later moved to Camden NJ, and settled at 2365 Baird Boulevard.

PRIVATE SEYMOUR TARKEN was born in the spring of 1916 to Samuel and Goldie Tarken, in Pennsylvania. In 1920 the family lived at 2514 2^nd Street it Philadelphia, where the father worked as a butcher. The Tarken family later moved to Camden NJ, and settled at 2365 Baird Boulevard.