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STOCKDALE, Robert Arnold - Date of
birth
29 August 1917 -
Age
27 -
Place of birth
Lemont Furnace, Fayette County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35022625 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
24th Armored Engineer Battalion,
4th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
28 December 1944 - Place of
death
Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
George Stockdale (father)
Larah Stockdale (mother)
Clayton Stockdale (brother)
James Stockdale (brother)
Charles Stockdale (brother)
Virginia Stockdale (sister)
Minnie Stockdale (sister)
William Stockdale (brother)
Effie Stockdale (sister)
Edgar Stockdale (brother)
Catherine (Miller) Stockdale (wife)
More information
S/Sgt Robert A. Stockdale graduated from North Union Township High School. He was employed at the Youngstown coal mine before enlisted on 12 May 1941 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Army Enlistment Record / 1920 Census / WWII Draft Card, The Daily Courier - 22 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com