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STABULIS, Alphonso J - Date of
birth
26 July 1922 -
Age
22 -
Place of birth
Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania -
Ethnicity
White
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33460568 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Battery,
285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
17 December 1944 - Place of
death
The field next to the N62, near the crossroads "Five Points"
Baugnez, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 21 | 19 |
Immediate family
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Members
Peter Stabulis (father)
Martha Stabulis (mother)
Frances Stabulis (brother)
Frances Stabulis (sister)
Edmund Stabulis (brother)
Darnel Stabulis (brother)
Thomas Stabulis (brother)
Anthony Stabulis (brother)
Albert Stabulis (brother)
Deloris Stabulis (sister)
More information
Sgt Alphonso J. Stabulis graduated from Plymouth High School in 1938. He was employed by the Sanitary Wiping Cloth Company in Wilkes-Barre.He enlisted in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on 12 January 1943 and was sent overseas in September 1944.
He was one of the victims of the Malmedy massacre when German SS soldiers of the 1st Panzer Division captured over 100 American soldiers at Baugnez Crossroads outside Malmedy, Belgium, on 17 December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge and, under orders to take no prisoners, placed them in an open field and then machine gunned them. When the machine guns stopped, the SS went through the field where some victims were still alive and systematically finished them off with pistols at short range, leaving 84 soldiers dead when they had finished. Fortunately, when the machine guns first started shooting, a number of soldiers ran, and some managed to escape and tell the story of how the Germans had treated the others who had not survived.
He was killed by small arms fire.
His name is mentioned on the monument on the opposite side of the road.
Two of his brothers also during WW2.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File, www.archives.gov, https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/famous-battles-of-world-war-two/the-battle-of-the-bulge/the-malmedy-massacre/, www.newspapers.com - Wilkes-Barre, Times Leader
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Wilkes-Barre, Times Leader