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Personal info

Full name
STOUT, William Gene
Date of birth
25 January 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Highland, Doniphan County, Kansas
Hometown
Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37227493
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Harz Mountains, east of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 21 28

Immediate family

Members
Howard Stout (father)
Mary T. (Sechler) Stout (mother)
Alpha L. Sechler (halfsister)
Mary E. (Kelso) Stout (wife)

More information

Pfc William G. Stout attended Yeager grade school and Lathrop Polytechnic Institute and was employed at the Williams Meat Company before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone Inscription and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards / Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, Hans Wijnands - The Kansas City Star 8 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Hans Wijnands - The Kansas City Star 8 May 1945