Stanford, Charles Curtis 'Curt'

1925 - Bef 2009  (< 84 years)

• Name	Stanford, Charles Curtis 'Curt'
  Birth	27 Apr 1925	Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	STAN.C008
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, Company H, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry 'California' Division, United States Army  [3]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on November 15, 1944 at Chicago, Illinois. Attended basic training and qualified for the military occupational specialty (314) of Automotive Mechanic. Departed the Continental U.S. on June 21, 1945 bound for tthe Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations. Assigned to Company H, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry 'California' Division and served with them through the end of the war and into the occupation of Japan. Earned the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Army of Occupation (Japan) Medal and the Philippine Liberation Medal. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on October 19, 1946 at the Separation Center, Fort Sheridan, Illinois. This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission. Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1965913
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		Charles Curtis 'Curt' Stanford (ABT 1925-2009)
  		United States Army
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		Military Service Ribbons, Stanford, Charles Curtis 'Curt' Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		Army of Occupation Medal, United States Army and United States Air Force
  		Army of Occupation Medal, United States Army and United States Air Force
  		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
  		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		7th Infantry Division ("Bayonet Division"), United States Army
  		7th Infantry Division ("Bayonet Division"), United States Army
  		32nd Infantry Regiment, United States Army
  		Fort Sheridan, Illinois
  		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Stanford, Charles Curtis 'Curt'
  Death	Bef 26 Nov 2009  [4]
  Burial	Unknown
  Person ID	I19231	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Stanford - Emmott John Thomas Stanford and Bathsheba Austin 'Bessie' Emmott Descendants, Stanford - Kenley David Stanford and Amanda J. Kenley Descendants, Stanford - Wickersham David Stanford and Rebecca L. Wickersham Descendants
  Last Modified	2 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Stanford, Robert H.,   b. 9 Dec 1902, Illinois d. 3 Nov 1987 (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Bayler, Edna Olive,   b. 29 Apr 1901, Illinois d. 27 Jan 1988 (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	Y  [5]
  Family ID	F8703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Apr 1925 - Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S365] Ancestry.com, 1930; Census Place: Stanford Township (District 18), Clay County, Illinois, (http://www.ancestry.com), Page 1a, none. (Reliability: 2). [S4949] Ernest D. Elliott and Elsie E. Smith, Stanford: Stanford Family Records and Allied families including Long, Bissey, Bayler, Hickenbottom, Elliott, and others, (1964, updated 1985) (Reliability: 2). [S5085] World War II Honoree, Charles Curtis 'Curt' Stanford, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1965913) (Reliability: 2). [S5236] The Clay County Advocate-Press (Flora, Clay County, Illinois), Obituary, Corry, Cathryn Marie, 73, (The Clay County Advocate-Press (Flora, Clay County, Illinois), Dec 04, 2009 @ 01:37 PM), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5235] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Stanford, Edna O. and Robert H., (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18792422) (Reliability: 2).