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Personal info

Full name
STOGNER, William Christopher
Date of birth
14 February 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia
Hometown
Clem, Carroll County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34834191
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schankweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 6 26

Immediate family

Members
Robert H. Stogner (father)
Mary E. (Skinner) Stogner (mother)
Noma K. Stogner (sister)
Johnie L. Stogner (brother)
Camilla Stogner (sister)
Clara Stogner (sister)

More information

S/Sgt William C. Stogner worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 5 January 1944.

He is remembered in Bowdon, Carroll County, Georgia at Indian Creek Cemetery with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Shelton Family Tree, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery