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Personal info

Full name
WOJTKUN, Stanley C
Date of birth
30 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31384830
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Schwelm, northeast of Wuppertal, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 16 16

Immediate family

Members
Dominick Wojtkun (father)
Bertha A. (Bronaslaw) Wojtkun (mother)
Louise Wojtkun (sister)
Joseph D. Wojtkun (brother)
Cecilia A. Wojtkun (sister)

More information

Pfc Stanley C. Wojtkun enlisted in Providence, Rhode Island on 10 June 1943.

He was graduated from Cumberland High School in 1943 and employed as a part-time worker at the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Ashton, while in school. After his induction he trained with an anti-aircraft unit in Georgia and later transferred to the infantry in Texas. He went overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Ron van Eijkelenburg, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Rhode Island State Censuses / Family Tree, Newspaper article

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Newspaper article