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Personal info

Full name
WATKINS, Stanley Wilson
Date of birth
28 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cedar Grove, Washington County, Maryland
Hometown
Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33900696
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Derbamont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 23 50

Immediate family

Members
John L. C. Watkins (father)
Bessie T. (Wallach) Watkins (mother)
Dorothy L. Watkins (sister)
James E. Watkins (brother)
Rita V. Watkins (sister)
Douglas H. Watkins (brother)
Ernest C. Watkins (brother)
Jack Watkins (brother)
John F. Watkins (brother)
Janet L. Watkins (sister)

More information

Pvt Stanley W. Watkins enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 1 December 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Evening Star 4 February 1945