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Personal info

Full name
RAIRIE, Stanley Clifford
Date of birth
9 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Dayton, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Niagara County, New York

Military service

Service number
42111882
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Saarlouis, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 16 7

Immediate family

Members
Homan D. Rairie (father)
Bertha R. (Smail) Rairie (mother)
Edith C. Rairie (sister)
Delone H. Rairie (brother)
Robert T. Rairie (brother)
Mable L. Rairie (sister)
Bernard D. Rairie (brother)
Nadine V. Rairie (sister)
Raymond C. Rairie (brother)
Jerald E. Rairie (brother)
Dallas O. Rairie (brother)
William F. Rairie (brother)
Frances J. Rairie (sister)
Richard B. Rairie (brother)
Pearl Rairie (sister)
James L. Rairie (brother)
Wilmer D. Rairie (brother)
Ruth M. (Barnes) Rairie (wife)
Homan L. Rairie (son)

More information

Pvt Stanley C. Rairie attended high school for one year and was a mechanic.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 28 March 1944.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.65thdiv.com, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone & Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.findagrave.com - Astrid