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Personal info

Full name
GUZAITIS, Stanley Alvin
Date of birth
11 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13107984
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
27 September 1944
Place of death
Near Fraimbois, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 13 10

Immediate family

Members
Frank Guzaitis (father)
Ursula R. (Yakstis) Guzaitis (mother)
Ellen Guzaitis (sister)
Frank Guzaitis (brother)

More information

Pvt Stanley A. Guzaitis attended high school for four years and was employed at the Carnegie Illinois Steel Company before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 26 August 1942.

He was wounded by small arms fire in his stomach and kidney on 21 September 1944, he died on 27 September 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Jackson Lapcevic Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Gracedv, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press 2 November 1944
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Pittsburgh Pennsylvania