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Personal info

Full name
PASELA, Stanley Frank
Date of birth
25 July 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Ocean County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32264510
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
811th Tank Destroyer Battalion,
1st Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sibret, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 13 55

Immediate family

Members
John Pasela (father)
Mellie Pasela (mother)
Mary Pasela (sister)
Joseph Pasela (brother)
Elizabeth Pasela (sister)
Annie Pasela (sister)
Pauline Pasela (sister)
Veronica Pasela (sister)
Julian Pasela (brother)

More information

Pfc Stanley F. Pasela was a fisherman before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 6 april 1942.

Just outside Sibret one tank destroyer was hit. Two crew members were reported wounded in action and Pvt Pasela was killed.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Bastogne, Belgium.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Thierry Moureau, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - Rhode Island State Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs/811th-Tank-Destroyer-Battalion-History_Part_2.pdf

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Richard Mullally, Thierry Moureau