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Donald H Stuckman

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Donald H Stuckman

Birth
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
14 May 1945 (aged 21)
Okinawa, Japan
Burial
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Wisconsin/PFC 29 Marines 6 Marine Dv. World War II

Re-burial services for Pfc. Donald H. Stuckman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Stuckman, route 1, Newton, were held at the Pfeffer Funeral home at Manitowoc on Saturday afternoon. The Rev. Erwin Warber officiated and burial was made in the Centerville Reformed church cemetery.

Military rites were conducted by the Cleveland post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Color guards were Ray and Alvin Casper, color bearers were Kenneth Schnell and Wallace
Pippert while Thomas Gretz, Albert Stuckman, Roger Jost, Eugene Basler, Howard Vogel and Roland Fiedler acted as pallbearers. During the services Jeanelle and Jennifer Grotegut sang, "Safe in The Arm of Jesus" and "God Be With You, Til We Meet Again".

Pfc. Stuckman was born in Newton in 1922. Prior to entering the U.S. Marine Corps in March, 1944, he was a welder at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding company yards. He left for overseas in November, 1944, after training at Oceanside, Calif. He was killed on May 14, 1945, on Okinawa after seeing action on Guadalcanal.

The survivors are his parents; one brother, Norman; two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Reichwaldt of Newton and Mrs. Fred Radder of route 1, Kiel.

The body of Pfc. Stuckman was escorted to Manitowoc by Sgt. William G. Williams. Among those attending the services were: Mrs. Paul Boedeker and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Herwig of Plymouth and Mrs. Fred Stuckman of Elkhart Lake.

The Sheboygan Press – Tuesday, April 19, 1949 – P. 10
Wisconsin/PFC 29 Marines 6 Marine Dv. World War II

Re-burial services for Pfc. Donald H. Stuckman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Stuckman, route 1, Newton, were held at the Pfeffer Funeral home at Manitowoc on Saturday afternoon. The Rev. Erwin Warber officiated and burial was made in the Centerville Reformed church cemetery.

Military rites were conducted by the Cleveland post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Color guards were Ray and Alvin Casper, color bearers were Kenneth Schnell and Wallace
Pippert while Thomas Gretz, Albert Stuckman, Roger Jost, Eugene Basler, Howard Vogel and Roland Fiedler acted as pallbearers. During the services Jeanelle and Jennifer Grotegut sang, "Safe in The Arm of Jesus" and "God Be With You, Til We Meet Again".

Pfc. Stuckman was born in Newton in 1922. Prior to entering the U.S. Marine Corps in March, 1944, he was a welder at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding company yards. He left for overseas in November, 1944, after training at Oceanside, Calif. He was killed on May 14, 1945, on Okinawa after seeing action on Guadalcanal.

The survivors are his parents; one brother, Norman; two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Reichwaldt of Newton and Mrs. Fred Radder of route 1, Kiel.

The body of Pfc. Stuckman was escorted to Manitowoc by Sgt. William G. Williams. Among those attending the services were: Mrs. Paul Boedeker and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Herwig of Plymouth and Mrs. Fred Stuckman of Elkhart Lake.

The Sheboygan Press – Tuesday, April 19, 1949 – P. 10


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78667314/donald_h-stuckman: accessed ), memorial page for Donald H Stuckman (10 Oct 1923–14 May 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 78667314, citing New Saint Johns Ebenezer Reformed Cemetery, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by treefr0g (contributor 47553861).