Charles J. Fuhrman
Charles J. Fuhrman
Rank: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Serial: 32758993
Unit: 90th Infantry Division
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died: , Belgium
Burial: Crescent Burial Park, Route 130 & Westfield Avenue, Pennsauken, NJ
Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Biography
Private First Class Charles J. Fuhrman was the son of Edward and Hannah Fuhrman. He was born in Camden, NJ and attended Camden High School, not far from his home in the Parkside section of Camden. He was graduated as a member of the Camden High School Class of 1942. The Fuhrman family had lived at 1247 Kenwood Avenue when the census was taken in 1930 before moving to 1134 Langham Avenue, where they lived in the mid-1940s. His family was in the retail furniture business, and owned and operated the N. Fuhrman Co. furniture store at 933–937 Broadway in Camden for many years. As a youth, Charles Fuhrman was active in youth civic affairs.
Inducted into the Army at the age of 18 in the fall of 1943, Charles Fuhrman trained at Camp Shelby, MS. He was wounded on D-Day, and returned to duty after he recovered from his injury. He was killed in action while serving in Belgium on January 15, 1945.
Private Charles J. Fuhrman was initially buried in Europe. His body was returned to the United States and he was buried at Crescent Burial Park in Pennsauken, NJ. Besides his parents, he was survived by two brothers, Corporal Leonard Fuhrman, who was also serving in Europe, and Joseph Fuhrman; an uncle, Abe Fuhrman, then clerk to Camden Mayor Brunner; a cousin, Clarence Fuhrman, musical director of radio station KYW in Philadelphia; and several other aunts, uncles, and cousins. His parents had by this time moved to 1417 Baird Avenue in Camden.
Services Sunday For Infantryman
Camden Courier-Post —
Last rites for Pfc. Charles Fuhrman, who was killed in the Battle of the Bulge, Jan. 15, 1945, while serving with the 90th Infantry division, at the age of 20, will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in Crescent Burial park, Route 25.
Private Fuhrman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fuhrman, 1417 Baird avenue, was wounded in the invasion of Normandy while fighting with General Patton’s infantry forces. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Badge of Valor.
Enlisting at the age of 18, in May, 1943, he trained at Shelby, Miss. Fuhrman was born in Camden and was graduated from Camden High school in the class of 1943.
He was a nephew of Abe Fuhrman, reception clerk in Mayor Brunner’s office. A cousin, Clarence Fuhrman, is musical director of radio station KYW.
Services will be conducted by Rabbi Harry B. Kellman, of Beth-El Synagogue, with military rites by John F. Furer post 126, JWV.
Also surviving are two brothers, Joseph, Newark, and Leonard, Camden.
Photos
Grave marker of Pfc. Charles J. Fuhrman.