remove duplicated based on value but keep the first content

by miloud_eloumri

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <style>
      table, th, td {
      border: 1px solid black;
      border-collapse: collapse;
      }
      th, td {
      padding: 4px;
      }
    </style>
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script>
      $(document).ready(function(){
        $("button").click(function(){
          var seen = {};
        $('.check').each(function(){
          var $this = $(this);
          if(seen[$this.attr('value')]){    
          $this.closest("tr").next("tr").find("td.check").empty();
          }else{
            seen[$this.attr('value')] = true;
          }
        });
        });
      });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <table>
      <tbody>
        <tr>
          <th>New ID</th>
          <th>Year</th>
          <th>Make</th>
          <th>Model</th>
          <th>Build</th>
          <th>Pay</th>
          <th>Date</th>
          <th>From</th>
          <th>To</th>
          <th>Max</th>
          <th>Used ID</th>
          <th>Year</th>
          <th>Make</th>
          <th>Model</th>
          <th>Name</th>
          <th>Phone</th>
          <th>Cell</th>
          <th>Email</th>
          <th>Address</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>id</td>
          <td>year</td>
          <td>make</td>
          <td>model</td>
          <td>build</td>
          <td>pay</td>
          <td>date</td>
          <td>from</td>
          <td>to</td>
          <td>max</td>
          <td class="check" value="1">1<br /><a href="#">View</a></td>
          <td class="check" value="1">text1</td>
          <td class="check" value="1">text1</td>
          <td class="check" value="1">text1</td>
          <td>name</td>
          <td>phone</td>
          <td>cell</td>
          <td>email</td>
          <td>address</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>id</td>
          <td>year</td>
          <td>make</td>
          <td>model</td>
          <td>build</td>
         ...