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Personal info

Full name
STOTLER, Paul R
Date of birth
13 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Clappertown, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33758085
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 18 15

Immediate family

Members
Calvin A. Stotler (father)
Verna E. (Roberts) Stotler (mother)
Violet M. Stotler (sister)
Lester A. Stotler (brother)
Leroy Stotler (brother)
Elsie Stotler (sister)
Glenn Stotler (brother)
Norman Stotler (brother)
Shirley Stotler (sister)
Helen Stotler (sister)
James Stotler (brother)
Robert Stotler (brother)

More information

Sgt Paul R. Stotler wordt for the Pennsylvania Railroad before he enlisted on 15 April 1943 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census, www.newspapers.com - Altoona Tribune

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Altoona Tribune