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Personal info

Full name
LATCOVICH, Stanley
Date of birth
26 February 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mahoning County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35273831
Rank
Corporal
Function
Light Mortar Crewman
Unit
87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
7th Armored Division,
C Troop
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 October 1944
Place of death
Vicinity of Meijel, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 7 24

Immediate family

Members
Victor Latcovich (father)
Mary R. (Benich) Latcovich (mother)
Joseph Latcovich (brother)
George Latcovich (brother)
Katherine Latcovich (sister)
John A. Latcovich (brother)
Barbara Latcovich (sister)
Frank Latcovich (brother)

More information

Stanley entered the service on 3 February 1942 at Fort Hayes Columbus, Ohio. He completed more than two and a half years of military duty and had been overseas for several months.
He had two brothers and four sisters who died in infancy.
His brother Joseph served for five years in the Asiatic theater.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, www.ancestry.com - Veterans Burial Card / Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Kane Republican

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Michel Beckers/ Russ Pickett