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Personal info

Full name
BERRY, Stanley Howard
Date of birth
20 April 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Embden, Somerset County, Maine
Hometown
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31130393
Rank
Technician Third Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vic-sur-Seille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 6 13

Immediate family

Members
Michael Berry (father)
Flora B. (Jackson) Berry (mother)
Edna L. Berry (sister)
Myrtle E. Berry (sister)
Bernard J. Berry (brother)
Everett A. Berry (brother)
Vesta E. Berry (sister)

More information

T/3 Stanley H. Berry graduated from Goodwill High School in 1931. He was employed by Smith and Wesson.

He enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 19 September 1942 and was sent overseas on September 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his spine and trunk.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, After Action Report 26th Infantry
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Morning Sentinel - 29 November 1944