Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
RENK, Stanley Edwin
Date of birth
7 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey
Hometown
Yardville, Mercer County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O2071696
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator/Bombardier
Unit
328th Bombardment Squadron,
93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
North Sea, off the coast of Westenschouwen, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 8 8

Immediate family

Members
Henry S. Renk (father)
Sophie C. (Szcepanska) Renk (mother)
Henry B. Renk (brother)
Edmund C. Renk (brother)
Stanley C. Renk (brother)
Mary R. (Gibbs) Renk (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
44-50697
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Bayreuth, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 13846

More information

2nd Lt Stanley E. Renk attended college for two years.

He enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 10 July 1943.
The aircraft was shot down by flak. The entire crew of nine men was killed. Six men were initially buried at a temporary military cemetery at Haamstede as unknown. Only Sgt. Galbraith could be identified. The remains of Lt. Sample and Sgt. Sandberg were discovered in April 1947 during a mine clearing operation. The wreckage was recovered in 1973.

His brother, S/Sgt Henry B. Renk, is buried at the American Military Cemetery and Memorial of Normandy.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com - Census, NARA , www.wwiimemorial.com, Missing Aircrew Report 13846, Trenton Evening Times - 24 April 1945, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels, Laura Phillips, www.ancestry.com