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Personal info

Full name
STOE, Robert J
Date of birth
8 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Gates, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33574109
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
1276th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 12 17

Immediate family

Members
Andrew J. Stoe (father)
Elizabeth M. (Schickler) Stoe (mother)
Herman J. Stoe (brother)
Dorothy Stoe (sister)
Anthony R. Stoe (brother)
Andrew F. Stoe (brother)
Elizabeth Stoe (sister)
Frederick J. Stoe (brother)
Madie M. (Felten) Stoe (wife)
Patrick Stoe (son)

More information

Sgt Robert J. Stoe enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 26 February 1943.

A brother, Pvt Andrew F. Stoe, was wounded in Europe a short time after Sgt Stoe lost his life.

He died in Holland of wounds received in action in France.

Source of information: Herman Wolters, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Dan´s Family Tree / Bedford Gazette 6 April 1945 / Veteran Compensation Application File / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.ancestry.com - Mr. Dan Stoe, Herman Wolters