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Personal info

Full name
STANKA, Herman Woodrow
Date of birth
6 December 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Melville, Madison County, Illinois
Hometown
Godfrey Madison County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36774724
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Échavanne, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 28 4

Immediate family

Members
John P. Stanka Sr. (father)
Magdalena T. (Bechtold) Stanka (mother)
Henry M. Stanka (brother)
John P. Stanka Jr. (brother)
William Stanka (brother)
Anna M. Stanka (sister)
Frank J. Stanka (brother)
Mary A. Stanka (sister)
Beulah (Bummer) Stanka (wife)

More information

Pvt Herman W. Stanka was employed at the Alton Brick Company.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pates Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Telegraph - 26 October 1944