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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
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32957105 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
12 January 1945 - Place of
death
unknown
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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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