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1SGT Stanley Nelson “Stan” Doyle

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1SGT Stanley Nelson “Stan” Doyle Veteran

Birth
Sodus, Wayne County, New York, USA
Death
12 Nov 1998 (aged 67)
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA GPS-Latitude: 44.3702083, Longitude: -103.4763194
Plot
O_1087
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Rapid City – Stanley Nelson Doyle, Rapid City, died at his home in Rapid City, on Thursday, Nov. 12, 1998, at the age of 67.

Visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, with Chaplain Mark Stewart officiating. Military honors will be provided by Company B, 4th Reconnaissance Battallion U.S. Marines, Billings, Mont.

Stan was born June 7, 1931, at Sodus, N.Y., to William Wesley and Bertha Hazel (Wing) Doyle. He graduated from high school at Sodus and enlisted in the Marine Corps. After boot camp, he shipped out to Korea, where he served with a service company attached to the artillery.

He married Carol Kreiser on Aug. 4, 1951. He was honorably discharged in 1954 and returned to Sodus, where he worked for a car dealer as a grease monkey.

He decided to make the Marine Corps his career and soon re-enlisted. He shipped out to Hawaii for three years and then was transferred to Quantico, Va., where he taught with the School Demonstration Troops. He plotted artillery fire for junior officer training. In 1963, he moved back to Hawaii with artillery until 1965, when he shipped out to Vietnam for the first of three tours. He returned stateside in 1970 and was stationed at Buffalo, N.Y. He retired form the Marines at Rochester, N.Y.

Stan worked for the New York State Canal system and later the Highway Department. He married Betty Countryman at Wilmington, N.Y., on July 17, 1982. They lived in Wolcott, N.Y., until his retirement in 1994.

Stan enjoyed hunting in South Dakota, and after his retirement, he and his wife settled in Rapid City.

He was preceded in death by his parent and one brother.

-Obituary from The Rapid City Journal
(11/13/1998)

Military Information: 1STSGT, US MARINE CORPS
Rapid City – Stanley Nelson Doyle, Rapid City, died at his home in Rapid City, on Thursday, Nov. 12, 1998, at the age of 67.

Visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, with Chaplain Mark Stewart officiating. Military honors will be provided by Company B, 4th Reconnaissance Battallion U.S. Marines, Billings, Mont.

Stan was born June 7, 1931, at Sodus, N.Y., to William Wesley and Bertha Hazel (Wing) Doyle. He graduated from high school at Sodus and enlisted in the Marine Corps. After boot camp, he shipped out to Korea, where he served with a service company attached to the artillery.

He married Carol Kreiser on Aug. 4, 1951. He was honorably discharged in 1954 and returned to Sodus, where he worked for a car dealer as a grease monkey.

He decided to make the Marine Corps his career and soon re-enlisted. He shipped out to Hawaii for three years and then was transferred to Quantico, Va., where he taught with the School Demonstration Troops. He plotted artillery fire for junior officer training. In 1963, he moved back to Hawaii with artillery until 1965, when he shipped out to Vietnam for the first of three tours. He returned stateside in 1970 and was stationed at Buffalo, N.Y. He retired form the Marines at Rochester, N.Y.

Stan worked for the New York State Canal system and later the Highway Department. He married Betty Countryman at Wilmington, N.Y., on July 17, 1982. They lived in Wolcott, N.Y., until his retirement in 1994.

Stan enjoyed hunting in South Dakota, and after his retirement, he and his wife settled in Rapid City.

He was preceded in death by his parent and one brother.

-Obituary from The Rapid City Journal
(11/13/1998)

Military Information: 1STSGT, US MARINE CORPS

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1ST SGT US MARINE CORPS
KOREA, VIETNAM



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