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STIDHAM, Gerald R - Date of
birth
1923 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
California -
Hometown
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
19065197 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
unknown -
Unit
535th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
8 April 1945 - Place of
death
unknown
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 24 | 13 |
Immediate family
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Members
Carroll E. Stidham (father)
Margaret V. (Vandittie) Stidham (mother)
More information
Cpl Gerald R. Stidham was a chemist.He enlisted in San Francisco, California on 9 January 1942.
He was an orphan since 1939 and lived in 1940 in the St Vincent Orphanage Asylum in San Rafael, Marin County, California.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / Clay Stidham Jr. Family Tree
Photo source: Jac Engels, www.findagrave.com - Dominique Potier