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Personal info

Full name
STENCEL, Stanley E
Date of birth
27 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42147156
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 12 1

Immediate family

Members
John Stencel (father)
Sophie Stencel (mother)
Viola Stencel (sister)
Alfred Stencel (brother)
Emily Stencel (sister)
Ted Stencel (brother)
Leonard Stencel (brother)
Maryanna Stencel (sister)
Regina Stencel (sister)

More information

Pfc Stanley Stencel attended Emerson Vocational High School and was employed by the American Magnesium Corporation.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 29 June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Gracedv via Staffin, Roger