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Personal info

Full name
STOKES, Fred Holmes
Date of birth
1 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32814211
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wildflecken - Heckmuhle, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 25 83

Immediate family

Members
Fred Stokes (father)
Marion Stokes (mother)
Jeanette Stokes (sister)
William Stokes (brother)
Winifred Stokes (sister)
Edward Stokes (brother)
Walter Stokes (brother)
Dorothy Stokes (sister)
Eleonor Stokes (sister)

More information

T/5 Fred H. Stokes attended high school for one year and was a sales clerk, employed by the Sand S. Grocery Store before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 23 February 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the abdomen, pelvis and his back.

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

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