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Personal info

Full name
STOYANOFF, Method
Date of birth
6 December 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Steelton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Steelton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33148453
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Overloon, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 10 35

Immediate family

Members
Traiko Stoyanoff (father)
Stava (Georeff) Stoyanoff (mother)
Esko Stoyanoff (brother)
Milan Stoyanoff (brother)
Kero Stoyanoff (brother)
Eli Stoyanoff (brother)
Victoria Stoyanoff (sister)

More information

Pfc Method Stoyanoff attended Steelton High School and worked for the Bethelehem Steel Company before he enlisted in February 1942. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

He was reported seriously wounded in action in France on 8 July 1944. after recovering in a hospital in england, he returned to his unit.

His brother Milan Stoyanoff also served in France and his brother Kero served with the Merchant Marine.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Evening News