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Personal info

Full name
TOWNSEND, Stanley C
Date of birth
4 December 1910
Age
33
Place of birth
Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey
Hometown
Cape May County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32073488
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nancy-Remereville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 94

Immediate family

Members
Ralph M. Townsend (father)
Jennie G. (Busby) Townsend (mother)
Aletha E. Townsend (sister)
Ralph V. Townsend (brother)
Marjorie Townsend (sister)
Francis Townsend (brother)
Elizabeth Virginia (Meier) Townsend (wife)

More information

T/5 Stanley C. Townsend was married to Elizabeth Virginia Meier on 15 January 1941.

He enlisted In Trenton, New Jersey on 13 May 1941.

He is remembered at the Seaside Cemetery in Palermo, Cape May County, New Jersey.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Rampino Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Mark Maxwell