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Personal info

Full name
STAUFFER, Frederick Jack "Fred"
Date of birth
10 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Blue Rapids, Marshall County, Kansas
Hometown
Ramsay, Silver Bow County, Montana

Military service

Service number
39931713
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ittenbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 15 23

Immediate family

Members
Frederick J. Stauffer Sr. (father)
Geneva (Moxley) Stauffer (mother)
Jean O. (Graham) Stauffer (wife)
Frederick L. Stauffer (son)

More information

Pfc Frederick J. Stauffer was employed at the Milwaukee Railroad in Harlowton.

He enlisted at Fort Douglas, Utah on 22 June 1944 and received his training at Fort McClellan, Alabama. He was send overseas in December 1944.

His last letters were written March 14, two days before his death when he sent Easter and Mother's day greeting to his wife and mother.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Montana, County Marriages, www.newspapers.com - Butte Montana Standard

Photo source:
Peter Schouteten