Thomas J. Standen

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS THOMAS J. STANDEN was born in 1924 in New Jersey to Charles N. and Adele Standen. In 1930 the family owned a home on Lafayette Avenue in the Colonial Manor section of West Deptford Township NJ. Charles Standen, a veteran of World War I, was then employed as an auto repairman for a cigar company, according to census records. Thomas Standen was the second child, coming after sister Charlotte, and before brothers Charles and Richard. After attending classes at Paulsboro (NJ) High School, he took a job in the crystal department at the RCA-Victor plant in Camden NJ.

Inducted into the United States Army at 20 years old when he was reported as killed in action in Italy on October 18, 1944. The Camden Courier-Post reported his address as 1412 Lafayette Street in Colonial Manor, Woodbury, NJ. The Army, however, lists him as having come from Camden County NJ. He was working at the RCA plant in Camden prior to entering the Army. For a clarification of the Army regulations regarding County of Origin, click on the document below.  His death was reported in the November 28, 1944 edition of the Camden Courier-Post.

Thomas Standen was brought home to New Jersey in the spring of 1949. He was buried at Beverly national Cemetery in Beverly NJ on June 17th of that year.

June 13, 1949

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