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Personal info

Full name
HESTEKIN, Stanley N
Date of birth
21 February 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Borst Valley, North of Independence, Wisconsin
Hometown
Whitehall County, Wisconsin
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
36265868
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
23rd Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Elsenborn Ridge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 1 3

Immediate family

Members
John A. Hestekin (father)
Caroline Hestekin (mother)
Joseph Hestekin (brother)
Ernest H. Hestekin (brother)
Leslie Hestekin (brother)
Josephine Hestekin (sister)
Cecil Hestekin (sister)
Marie Hestekin (sister)

More information

Private Hestekin worked on a farm before he enlisted in Wilwaukee, Wisconsin on 12 September 1942 and was sent overseas in August 1944, he was sent to Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

He is remembered at the South Beef River Lutheran Cemetery in Garfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, The Winona Republican Herald, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, James Seidelman, The Winona Republican Herald