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Personal info

Full name
KANTOR, Solomon Abraham
Date of birth
1 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Camden, Camden County, New Jersey
Hometown
Camden County, New Jersey
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32957105
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Samuel F. Kantor (father)
Anna (Lewis) Kantor (mother)
Alfred Kantor (brother)
Sidney R. Kantor (brother)
Miriam Kantor (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Solomon A. Kantor graduated from Camden High School in 1943 and attended college. He was employed by Campus Publishing Company in Philadelphia.

He enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 30 August 1943.
S/Sgt Kantor is remembered at Crescent Memorial Park in Pennsauken, Camden County, New Jersey with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Caplan Family Tree, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael V. Drachman , Courier Post - 21 January 1946