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Personal info

Full name
TAPP, Stanley
Date of birth
24 December 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Garrard County, Kentucky
Hometown
Bourne, Garrard County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35814120
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Near Fosset, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 13 21

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Tapp (father)
Julia (Cobb) Tapp (mother)
Lennie Tapp (brother)
Willie Tapp (brother)
Revor Tapp (sister)
Noland Tapp (brother)
Dillard Tapp (brother)
Marvin Tapp (brother)
Gilbert Tapp (brother)
Junior Tapp (brother)
Naomi Tapp (sister)
Gladys L. (Naylor) Tapp (wife)
Nancy Tapp (daughter)

More information

Pfc Stanley Tapp worked on a farm before he enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 25 January 1944.

He died to the effects of a gunshot.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.newspapers.com - The Owensboro Messenger 1 March 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten