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Personal info

Full name
FOUTZ, Stanley
Date of birth
9 September 1917
Age
25
Place of birth
Farmington, San Juan County, New Mexico
Hometown
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah

Military service

Service number
O-377085
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
335th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
26 July 1943
Place of death
Bremen, west of the River Elbe, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Lehi J. Foutz (father)
Klea Y. Foutz (mother)
Walter J. Foutz (brother)
Stuart R. Foutz (brother)
Gerald Y. Foutz (brother)
Kallie F. Foutz (sister)
Vera J. Foutz (sister)
Betty (Cleveland) Foutz (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3264
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Hannover, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 193

More information

Stanley Foutz graduated from West High School and the University of Utah.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in June 1940 and was an assistant induction and recruiting officer in Salt Lake City before taking flight training and receiving his wings and commission on 25 November 1942 at Rowell Field, New Mexico. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

The airplane was shot down by enemy aircraft and flak, which knocked out two engines. The entire crew of ten men was killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Utah Military Records / Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, U.S. School Yearbook, www.95thbg.com