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Personal info

Full name
NATION, Stanley Virgil
Date of birth
14 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
Hometown
Woudside, Sangamon County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36302475
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
741st Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
Heckhuscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 4 50

Immediate family

Members
Walter R. Nation (father)
Frances M. Nation (mother)
Dorothy M. Nation (sister)
Gladys R. Nation (sister)
Levi E. Nation (brother)
Theresa (Ogez) Nation (wife)
Patricia A. Nation (daughter)

More information

Sgt Stanley V. Nation worked in an automobile factory.

He enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 21 October 1941.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 741st Tank Battalion

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Sangamon County (Illinois) Historical Society