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PRIVATE HERBERT HAROLD
TARTER was born on January 17, 1924, to Samuel and and Sarah Tarter. The
Tarter family was living at this time at 1142 South 6th
Street, the
last house on South 6th Street before Kaighn
Avenue. The family lived
next door to Jacob Feldman's saloon at 601 Kaighn
Avenue. At the time of
the 1920 census Samuel Tarter was in the bottling business. Prohibition
had recently gone into effect, and apparently more than soda pop was
going into the bottles. Samuel Tarter sadly died when Herbert Tarter was only six weeks old. His
uncle, Lewis Tarter, stepped up and helped raise him. His
uncle was very active in civic affairs, and had served as the
freeholder in Camden's 13th Ward. Older brother Morris, seventeen
years his senior, also served as a father figure during his youth. The
Tarters moved to Langham
Avenue in Parkside during the 1930s. Herbert
Tarter attended school in Camden NJ,
graduating from Camden High School in 1942, where he took the college
preparatory course of studies. Known for his wit and for skill on the
basketball court, he was a student at the South Jersey Law School when
he joined the Army in 1943, and served with a glider infantry regiment
in the 11th Airborne Division.
Herbert Tarter was killed in action on
Leyte, Philippine Islands, on February 8, 1945 at the
age of 21. He was survived by his parents, a brother, prominent Camden
attorney Morris "Toots" Tarter, and three sisters, Mrs. Rose
Caskey, Mrs. Evelyn Sidewater, and Mrs. Dorothy Vederman. Herbert
Tarter was brought home in September of 1948 aboard the USAT Sergeant
Morris E. Crain. He was buried at New Camden Cemetery in Camden NJ
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