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Personal info

Full name
STUPP, William Francis
Date of birth
20 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Brookville, Montgomery County, Ohio
Hometown
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35219785
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 October 1944
Place of death
Near Remoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 25 11

Immediate family

Members
Forrest E. Stupp (father)
Cora (Brown) Stupp (mother)
Forrest E. Stupp Jr. (brother)
Ralph Stupp (brother)
Hannah C. Stupp (sister)
Frederick Stupp (brother)
Floyd Stupp (brother)
Joseph B. Stupp (brother)
Norman E. Stupp (brother)

More information

Pfc William F. Stupp was a cleaner before he enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 13 May 1943. He was sent overseas in November 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pat Smith Terlinde's Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Divison, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com - The Journal Herald - 7 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy