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Personal info

Full name
STILLBERGER, Joseph Edward
Date of birth
4 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio
Hometown
Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35836648
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kehmen, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 12 26

Immediate family

Members
William A. Stillberger (father)
Eliza E. (Turnbelt) Stillberger (mother)
Harve J. Stillberger (brother)
Julia M. Stillberger (sister)
May Stillberger (sister)
Lyman A. Stillberger (brother)
Ruth E. Stillberger (sister)
Herbert A. Stillberger (brother)
Doris D. Stillberger (sister)
William N. Stillberger (brother)
Max H. Stillberger (brother)
Betty (Cole) Stillberger (wife)
Linda S. Stillberger (daughter)

More information

Pvt Joseph E. Stillberger graduated from Wharton High School and was a truck driver for Wholesale Grocery.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 29 April 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Emylyn Dohner Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Hancock County, Ohio Service Record