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Personal info

Full name
MENDREY, Stephen R "Boy"
Date of birth
17 January 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13053561
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
In the region of Meurthe-et-Moselle, near Nancy or Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 95

Immediate family

Members
John Mendrey (father)
Julia E. (Benyo) Mendrey (mother)
Margaret C. Mendrey (sister)
Josephine E. Mendrey (sister)
John A. Mendrey (brother)
Elizabeth Mendrey (sister)
Caroline Mendrey (sister)
Edward mendrey (brother)
Helen Mendrey (sister)

More information

T/5 Stephen R. Mendrey attended East Pikeland School and was a social member of the George A. Amole Post 47 American Legion in Pottstown. He later worked at the Woolen Mill in Bridgeport.

He enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 10 February 1942 and snet overseas in January 1944..

His unit landed at Omaha Beach, Normandy on 11 July 1944 and went into action eight days later.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, http://chescoheroes.org - Don Wambold WCMSC

Photo source: http://chescoheroes.org - Don Wambold WCMSC