Joseph H. F. Stanley

Company C 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 12/03/1944

 

 

Joseph Henry Ford Stanley was born in Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia on July 27, 1925.

Prior to entering military service he was employed by Johnson-Carper Furniture Company
in Roanoke.

He was drafted into the Army on October 21, 1943 at Roanoke, Virginia. His home of residence was listed
as Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia. He had completed two years of High School and was single
with dependents. His religion was listed as Protestant.

Private Stanley was killed in action in Germany on December 3, 1944, the last day of the
22nd Infantry's participation in the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest.

 

 

Joseph H. F. Stanley was originally buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery.
Henri-Chapelle, Eupen, Belgium Plot MMM Row 6 Grave 112 and later his remains were
returned to the United States where he was interred in Virginia on November 21, 1947.

 

Burial:
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Arlington County
Virginia
Plot: Sec: 12, Site: 3336

 

Grave marker for Joseph H.F. Stanley

Photo by Anne Cady from the Find A Grave website

 

 

 

 

 


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