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Personal info

Full name
PITCHEL, Stanley Theodore "Stan"
Date of birth
13 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Mattapan, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
O1290124
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 19 12

Immediate family

Members
Maurice Pitchel (father)
Ida (Rosenberg) Pitchel (mother)
Bernice Pitchel (sister)
Frances (Boland) Pitchel (wife)
Alan Pitchel (son)

More information

Capt Stanley T. Pitchel graduated from Roxbury Memorial High School For Boys in 1936.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts, on 19 March 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/507/507_honor_off.html, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards,

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?pid=164174452, Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1860-1970, WWII Draft Card, The Boston Globe - 26 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Lilian Souren / Bernice Foilb, www.ancestry.com - Roxbury Memorial High School For Boys 1936