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Personal info

Full name
PEFFER, Stanley Benard
Date of birth
6 May 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33174933
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
395th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Oberkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 1 24

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Peffer (father)
Mary A. (Martinkus) Peffer (mother)
Margaret J. Peffer (sister)
Helen E. Peffer (sister)
Theodore R. Peffer (brother)
Mary Peffer (sister)
Genevieve P. Peffer (sister)
Isabelle E. Peffer (sister)
Lillian L. Peffer (sister)
Antonette M. Peffer (sister)

More information

Sgt Stanley B. Peffer graduated from Technical High School and was employed at the Surplus Service Station.

He enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 16 March 1942. He trained at Camp Stewart, Georgia, Charlestown, Massachusetts and Fort Meade, Maryland.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - Max, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veterans Compensation Application File, www.newspapers.com - The Times Tribune 1 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Jayne Rodgers and Sandra Martin