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STANFORD, David Sylvester - Date of
birth
10 November 1918 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio -
Hometown
Toledo, Wood County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35018719 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
Assistant Squad Leader -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
27 September 1944 - Place of
death
Den Heuvel farm (known as "Den Heuvel Woods") near the Wylerbaan
Groesbeek, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
William D. Stanford (father)
Clara (McKown) Stanford (mother)
Evelyn Stanford (sister)
More information
Cpl David S. Stanford enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 3 June 1941.
Source of information: FOHF, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Ron Stanford, Peter Schouteten