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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
Personal info
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