Thomas J. Standen
Thomas J. Standen.
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Serial: 32753696
Company E, 350th Infantry Regiment
88th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died: October 18, 1944
Buried at: Beverly National Cemetery
Beverly, New Jersey
Awards: Purple Heart
Introduction
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. 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, he was 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. 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.
Military Rites Friday For Pfc. Standen
Camden Courier-Post —
Services for Pfc. Thomas J. Standen will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. in the National Cemetery, Beverly. Military rites will be conducted by a squad from Ft. Dix.
Private Standen was killed in action Oct. 18, 1944, in Italy at the age of 21. He was in Company E, 350th Infantry, 88th Division. He entered the service in March, 1942, and went overseas in April, 1944.
A resident of Colonial Manor at 1412 Lafayette avenue, he attended Paulsboro High School. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Woodbury, and worked in the crystal department of the RCA.
Surviving are his father, Charles V. Sr.; his mother, Adelle; two brothers, Charles V. Jr., Audubon, and Richard W., National Park; and a sister, Mrs. Charlotte Mitneritz, New York City.