Winka, Stanley Leo 'Stan'

1920 - 2010  (90 years)

• Name	Winka, Stanley Leo 'Stan'
  Birth	30 Mar 1920	St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	WINK.S001
  _FGRAVE	61159831
  Military Service	World War II, Master Sergeant, Headquarters, 41st Infantry (Jungleers) Division, United States Army  [2]
  	Enlisted and entered active service on 21 November 1941 at Chicago, Illinois. Completed basic training and qualified for the military occupational specialty of Administrative Non-Commissioned Officer (502). Assigned to Headquarters, 41st Infantry (Jungleers) Division, the first division to be deployed to The Pacific Theatre of Operations after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and departed the Continental U.S. on 22 April 1942 bound for Australia. Fought through the New Guinea and Southern Philippines Campaigns. Earned The Bronze Star Medal, The Good Conduct Medal, The American Defense Medal, The American Campaign Medal, The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 2 bronze battle stars, the WWII Victory Medal and The Philippine Liberation Medal with 1 bronze battle star. Honorably discharged as a Master Sergeant on 19 June 1945 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://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1968852
  		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,…
  		United States Army
  		Master Sergeant, United States Army and United States Army Air Forces (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		New Guinea Campaign, World War II
  		Philippines Campaign, World War II (1941–1942)
  		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
  		41st Infantry Division ("Jungleers"), United States Army
  		41st Infantry Division ("Jungleers"), United States Army
  		Military Service Ribbons, Winka, Stanley Leo 'Stan' (1920-2010) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Bronze Star Medal, United States
  		Bronze Star Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Defense Service Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Defense Service 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
  		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
  		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
  		Fort Sheridan, Illinois
  		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. …
  Death	2 Nov 2010	Elgin, Cook County, Illinois   [1]
  	Born March 30, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Theodore and Mary Winka, he died November 2, 2010 at his home in Elgin.
  Burial	All Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois   [3]
  		Headstone, Winka, Stanley Leo
  Person ID	I44910	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Winka, Theodore,   b. 17 Sep 1887   d. 16 Jun 1973 (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Rozanski, Mary,   b. 13 Aug 1890   d. 30 Nov 1980 (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	Y  [4]
  Family ID	F16835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kaiser, A.
  Family ID	F16836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Mar 1920 - St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri Death - 2 Nov 2010 - Elgin, Cook County, Illinois Burial - - All Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  He was a veteran of World War II and worked for Container Corporation of America until his retirement in 1981.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13627] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Winka, Stanley Leo, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61159831/stanley-leo-winka), none. (Reliability: 2). [S13629] World War II Honoree, Stanley L. Winka, (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1968852) (Reliability: 2). [S13628] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Winka, Stanley Leo, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61159831/stanley-leo-winka), none. (Reliability: 2). [S13630] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Winka, Theodore and Mary, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21456835/theodore-winka), none. (Reliability: 2).