Edwin E. Stanton

Company D 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/21/1944

Edwin Eugene Stanton was born in Albany, Delaware County, Indiana on January 21, 1923.

Prior to entering military service he was employed by Guy Shatto Hatchery
in Dunkirk, Indiana.

He was drafted into the Army on October 5, 1943 at Indianapolis Indiana. His home of residence was listed as
Dunkirk, Jay County, Indiana. He had completed two years of High School and was single with no dependents.
His religion was listed as Protestant.

PVT Edwin E. Stanton, Dunkirk, Indiana - 420 Meridian Street - home on leave before leaving for France

Photo by guardianshadow77 from Ancestry.com

"The Army called him smiling Eddie cause no one could knock the smile off his face in the ring.
A boxer just like his father."

By guardianshadow77 from Ancestry.com

He was assigned to Company D from the 4th Infantry Division
replacement pool on June 17, 1944.

Private Stanton was killed in action in France during the attack toward Cherbourg
on June 21, 1944.

Decorations of Edwin E. Stanton

Edwin E. Stanton was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Sainte Mere-Eglise #1 at Carentan, France and some time later
his remains were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in Indiana.

Burial:
IOOF Cemetery
Dunkirk
Jay County
Indiana

Grave marker for Edwin E. Stanton

Photo by DSON1492 from the Find A Grave website

Top photo of Edwin E. Stanton in 1943 by guardianshadow77 from Ancestry.com

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