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Personal info

Full name
STANTIAL, Frederic Winslow
Date of birth
18 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31422401
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
Road from Jülich to Stettenich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 7 22

Immediate family

Members
Frederick W. Stantial (father)
Edith O. Stantial (mother)

More information

Sgt Frederic W. Stantial enlisted on 27 September 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts and was promoted to Sergeant on 22 September 1944.

He was reported lightly wounded in action on 5 October 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time. After recovering he returned to his unit.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards, www.newspapers.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Lambert Kliebisch