Stanley J. Porambo

Company B 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 02/13/1945

Stanley John Porambo was born in Lansford, Carbon County, Pennsylvania on March 31, 1921.
(His enlistment record gives his year of birth as 1925.)

Prior to entering military service he was employed by the Lehigh Navigation Coal Company
in Lansford, Pennsylvania.

He was drafted into the Army on June 1, 1944 at New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. His home of residence was listed
as Carbon County, Pennsylvania and his civilian occupation was listed as Skilled Occupations
in Building of Aircraft. He had completed one year of High School and was single with no dependents.
His religion was listed as Catholic.

He sailed overseas on October 26, 1944.

He was promoted to Private First Class in Company B on February 1, 1945.

Private First Class Porambo was killed in action in Germany in an area west of the Prüm river
on February 13, 1945. Company B's objective that day was the high ground overlooking the city of Prüm
from the north.

Above: The entry for PFC Stanley J. Porambo in the casualty lists of the 22nd Infantry for the month of February 1945

Courtesy of John Tomawski

Above: The notice of the death of Stanley J. Porambo in the newspaper

From a Facebook posting by Ryan Mcguigan great nephew of Stanley J. Pormabo

Newspaper article by Ryan from the Find A Grave website

Stanley J. Porambo was buried in the temporary cemetery at Foy Cemetery,
Bastogne, Belgium in Block C Row 8 Grave 197. When the Foy Cemetery was closed
in the 1947-1949 time frame, his remains were reinterred in the permanent cemetery at Henri-Chapelle.

Burial:

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
Plot E Row 13 Grave 18

Grave marker for Stanley J.Porambo
flanked by the United States
and Belgian flags.

Photo by Max
from the Find A Grave website

Top photo from a Facebook posting by Ryan Mcguigan great nephew of Stanley J. Pormabo

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