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Personal info

Full name
STANKUS, Joseph
Date of birth
15 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Haverkill, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Haverkill, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31256194
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rieneck , Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 10 21

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Stankus (father)
Annie (Wavido) Stankus (mother)
Adeline M. Stankus (sister)
Mathilda Stankus (sister)
Peter Stankus (brother)
Anthony Stankus (brother)
John Stankus (brother)

More information

Pfc Joseph A. Stankus attended Haverhill High School and was employed by the Washington Shoe Co. before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 27 November 1942.

In October 1944, in France, he was wounded by artillery shell fragments at the forearm. He was discharged from the hospital in December 1944.

In January 1945 he was wounded again by a artillery shell blast at the abdomen.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments at his head and shoulder.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

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