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Personal info

Full name
STODDART, William Paul
Date of birth
20 June 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
32780132
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Lauterbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 40

Immediate family

Members
William W. Stoddart (father)
Mary G. (Walters) Stoddart (mother)
Cleland W. Stoddart (brother)
Mary E. Stoddart (sister)
Helen G. Stoddart (sister)
Anna M. (Hawaka) Stoddart (wife)

More information

Pfc William P. Stoddard attended a photography school in New York City and was employed at the Glen Oaks Club Inc. before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 24 July 1942. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / Mishawaka Small Trees, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com – The South Bend Tribune 28 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Kevin, www.newspapers.com – The South Bend Tribune 28 December 1944