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Personal info

Full name
PORAMBO, Stanley J
Date of birth
30 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Lansford, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lansford, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33946626
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 February 1945
Place of death
Prüm, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 13 18

Immediate family

Members
Stanley A. Porambo (father)
Anna D. Porambo (mother)
James Porambo (brother)
Wanda Porambo (sister)
Edward Porambo (brother)

More information

Pfc Stanley J. Porambo attended high school for one year and worked in an aircraft factory.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 1 June 1944. He had been overseas since 24 October 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call