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CPL Harold Rienhart Stahlecker

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CPL Harold Rienhart Stahlecker

Birth
Naper, Boyd County, Nebraska, USA
Death
24 Oct 1944 (aged 33)
At Sea
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Naper, Boyd County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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Final resting place unknown. Name listed on the Tablets of the Missing.
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Memorial: Gravestone here in this cemetery
Burial is at:
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (ABMC)
Manila
Manila City, Philippines
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Harold was born Apr. 21, 1911 in Naper, Nebraska to Joe and Maria (Zeitner) Stahlecker. He enlisted in the military, and served with the Marines in B Company 1st. Battalion. He served in the Southwest Pacific Theatre, Philippine Islands. He was captured by the Japanese, and held at Camp 591. While being transported on the POW ship, Arisan Maru, it was hit by a torpedo from the US war ship, USS Snook, on Oct. 24, 1944. The ship sank four hours later. Harold was shot while trying to escape. Of the 1,790 POW's on board, only nine survived.
Harold is survived by his mother, Maria; 4 brothers, Albert, Herman, Walter and Henry; and 3 sisters, Alvina, Anna and Clara.
Harold was preceded in death by his father, Joe; and one brother, Richard.
Memorial: Gravestone here in this cemetery
Burial is at:
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (ABMC)
Manila
Manila City, Philippines
to see burial info go to :

Harold was born Apr. 21, 1911 in Naper, Nebraska to Joe and Maria (Zeitner) Stahlecker. He enlisted in the military, and served with the Marines in B Company 1st. Battalion. He served in the Southwest Pacific Theatre, Philippine Islands. He was captured by the Japanese, and held at Camp 591. While being transported on the POW ship, Arisan Maru, it was hit by a torpedo from the US war ship, USS Snook, on Oct. 24, 1944. The ship sank four hours later. Harold was shot while trying to escape. Of the 1,790 POW's on board, only nine survived.
Harold is survived by his mother, Maria; 4 brothers, Albert, Herman, Walter and Henry; and 3 sisters, Alvina, Anna and Clara.
Harold was preceded in death by his father, Joe; and one brother, Richard.

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