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Personal info

Full name
BUCHANAN, Stanley F
Date of birth
7 August 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36035460
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Near Homécourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 6 31

Immediate family

Members
Frank L. Buchanan (father)
Josephine Buchanan (mother)
Warren J. Buchanan (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Stanley F. Buchanan attended high school for 4 years and was a brakeman at the railroad before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 9 June 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WW Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M