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Personal info

Full name
STAPLETON, David Amberss
Date of birth
8 December 1909
Age
34
Place of birth
Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri
Hometown
Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37730086
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Near Tettingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 108

Immediate family

Members
Kenneth W. Stapleton (father)
Anna K. (Barker) Stapleton (mother)
Mamie Stapleton (sister)
Elizabeth Stapleton (sister)
Hedrick Stapleton (brother)
Alberta Stapleton (sister)
Bernice L. Stapleton (sister)
Virginia Stapleton (sister)
Susie B. (Nichols) Stapleton (wife)
Glenna D. Stapleton (daughter)

More information

Pvt David A. Stapleton enlisted in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 30 December 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / Hedges Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - ML Wells