Stanley B. Gillman

509th PIA

NAME: Stanley B. Gillman

ASN: 35168247

PLACE OF BIRTH: Saint Peter, Franklin County, Indiana, USA

DATE OF BIRTH: 02 Sep 1917

DATES OF SERVICE: 01 Oct 1941 - 13 Jul 1945

UNIT ASSIGNED:

Headquarters Company, 2nd Bn 503rd PIR

Headquarters Company, 509th PIB

Replacement Plt. G Co (Prov) 2nd Bn 509th PIR

5th Army A/BTC

CAMPAIGNS: Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Naples-Foggia

AWARDS: Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge with three combat jump stars, Purple Heart Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal, EAME Campaign Medal with arrowhead and two bronze campaign stars, WWII Victory Medal, Distinguished (Presidential) Unit Citation, French 3rd Zouaves Regiment Badge

SUMMARY OF SERVICE:

16 Oct 1940 - Registered with the draft

01 Oct 1941 - Stanley B. Gillman enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN - NARA Enlistment Record

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER	35168247	35168247
NAME	GILLMAN#STANLEY#B#######	GILLMAN#STANLEY#B#######
RESIDENCE: STATE	51	INDIANA
RESIDENCE: COUNTY	047	FRANKLIN
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT	5124	FT BENJAMIN HARRISON INDIANA
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY	01	01
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH	10	10
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR	41	41
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION	PVT#	Private
GRADE: CODE	8	Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION	BI#	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
BRANCH: CODE	00	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
FIELD USE AS DESIRED	#	#
TERM OF ENLISTMENT	0	Undefined Code
LONGEVITY	###	###
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL	0	Civil Life
NATIVITY	51	INDIANA
YEAR OF BIRTH	17	17
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP	1	White, citizen
EDUCATION	2	2 years of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION	525	Carpenters
MARITAL STATUS	6	Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY	7	Selectees (Enlisted Men)
CARD NUMBER	#	#
BOX NUMBER	0904	0904
FILM REEL NUMBER	3.326	3.326

Trained at Camp Wolters, TX

Trained at Fort Benning, GA

Trained at Fort Bragg, NC

06 Jun 1942 - Arrived in England

08 Nov 1942 - Pvt. Stanley B. Gillman ASN: 35168247 Unit: HHC 2nd Bn 509th PIR Hometown: Brookville, IN Participated in Operation TORCH (VILLAIN) - Aircraft landed on NW Sebkra de Oran, Plane: 14 - B Flight - 5 Aircraft Serial Number: 41-0000? Seat: 4 Combat Weight: 261 lbs.

15 Nov 1942 - Pvt. Stanley B. Gillman ASN: 35168247 Unit: HHC 2nd Bn 509th PIR Hometown: Brookville, IN Participated in Operation TORCH (VILLAIN) the airborne invasion of Youks les Baines, Combat Weight: 261 lbs

13 Jun 1943 - Pfc. Stanley B. Gillman ASN: 35168247 Unit: HQ Co 2nd Bn 509th PIR Hometown: Brookville, IN Listed on HQ Company Roster

14 Sep 1943 - Pfc. Stanley B. Gillman ASN: 35168247 Unit: 2nd Bn, 509th PIR Participated in Operation GIANT III the airborne invasion of Avellino, Italy

06 Oct 1943 - MORNING REPORT - Hq and Hq Co 2nd Bn 509th PIR, Naples Area Italy, 35168247 Gillman, Stanley B. Pfc above 2 Officers and 30 EM reported as missing in action on M/R of Oct 4, 1943 from missing in action to duty and added to rolls of company.

11 Nov 1943 - Pfc. Stanley B. Gillman ASN: 35168247 Unit: 2nd Bn, 509th PIR Participated in combat operations vicinity Venafro, Italy

23 Nov 1943 - Pfc. Stanley B. Gillman ASN: 35168247 Unit: 2nd Bn, 509th PIR Wounded In Action Venafro, Italy

23 Nov 1943 - Pfc. Stanley B. Gillman ASN: 35168247 Unit: 2nd Bn, 509th PIR, Diagnosis First Location: Humerus: lower extremity; Causative Agent: Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified, Type of Injury: Casualty, battle, Medical Treatment: Fracture, compound, closed, treatment of, with splints or casts, Injured in Line of Duty: In line of duty, Type of Discharge: Return to Duty Mar 1944

28 Nov 1943 - MORNING REPORT - Hq and Hq Co 2nd Bn 509th PIR, Piscinola, Italy, 35168247 Gillman, Stanley B Pfc. duty (LWIA as of 23 Nov 43) to sh sk, 38th Evac Hosp as of 23 Nov 43.

30 Nov 1943 - MORNING REPORT - Hq and Hq Co 2nd Bn 509th PIR, Piscinola, Italy, 35168247 Gillman, Stanley B Pfc. ab sk, 38th Evac Hosp to ab sk, 118th S/H

Spent five months in hospital

03 Dec 1943 - Hq 3rd General Hospital Receiving Office APO 763 SO 169 - Admissions for the 24 hour period ending midnight 3 December 1943. Reg No: 9578 Gillman, Stanley B. Pfc 35168247 Age: 26 Unit: Hq 509th Para Inf, Diagnosis: SFW Pen Arm R FC Humerus R, APO: 464, C-R: WC BC: BC Source: 4th FH.

15 Dec 1943 - MORNING REPORT - Hq and Hq Co 2nd Bn 509th PIR, Piscinola, Italy, 35168247 Gillman, Stanley B Pfc. ab sk, 38th E/H to ab sk 3rd G/H APO 763

05 Jan 1944 - Pfc. Stanley B. Gillman ASN: 35168247 Headquarters 3rd General Hospital GO#1 AWARD OF PURPLE HEART. Private First Class Stanley B. Gillman, 35168247, 509th Parachute Infantry, for wounds received in action near Venafro, Italy, 23 Novemeber 1943. (Medal No. 414802) Residence: Brookville, Indiana

11 Jan 1944 - Pfc. Stanley B. Gillman ASN: 35168247 Unit: HHC, 509th PIB SO 4 - Assigned to Replacement Plt. G Co (Prov) 2nd Bn 509th PIR

12 Jan 1944 - MORNING REPORT - HQ and HQ Co 509th PIB, Piscinola, Italy (Naples District) 35168247 Gillman, Stanley Pfc, above 14 EM ab sk to trfd to Co G (Prov) this Bn

12 Jan 1944 - MORNING REPORT - Co G (Prov) 509th Prcht Inf Bn. Piscinola, Italy (Naples District) 35168247 Gillman, Stanley Pfc, above 14 EM (ab sk) asgd to Co fr Hq and Hq Co this Bn. 11 Jan 44 Duty ?

13 Feb 1944 - Hq 3rd General Hospital APO 423, SO 42 - Dispositions for the 24 hour period ending midnight 15 February 1944. Reg: 9579 Gillman, Stanley B. Pfc 35168247 Ward: 30 Conditioning Center

15 Feb 1944 - Admissions and Dispositions Office 106th Station Hospital APO 427, Admissions 122 - 0001 hrs. to 2400 hrs. 15 Feb 1944, Transfer of patients from the 3rd General Hospital, Reg No: 7257 Gillman, Stanley B. Pfc. 35168247 Hq 509th Prcht, Ward: Co D-, Classification: F-WIA, R: W, REL: C, Diagnosis: Pen rt elbow, Branch: Inf Date of Admission: 11-23-43

28 Feb 1944 - MORNING REPORT - Co G (Prov) 509th Prcht Inf Bn, Capodochino Airport, Italy (Naples District) 35168247 Gillman, Stanley B. Pfc above EM ab sk 3rd G/H to ab sk 105th S/H APO 763, dated 15 Feb 44.

17 Mar 1944 - HQ, 7th Replacement Depot, Personnel Center 6 APO 372 SO 59 - 44. The fol named EM (RTU) having rptd this Hq PAC Par 1, Sailing List 17, part of Par 28, SO 19, Hq, 5th Repl Bn, are asgd Pers Center 6, and atchd units indicated, 7th Repl Dep. Gillman, Stanley B. 35168247 Pfc Inf Hq, 509th Para Inf to Hq Det, 29th RB

19 Mar 1944 - HQ, 7th Replacement Depot, Personnel Center 6 APO 372 SO 61 - 1. The following named EM (RTU), having been retd to orgns indicated o/a 18 Mar '44, UP Cir 215, as amended, NATOUSA, '43, and having been reld fr asgd Pers Center 6, and fr atchd Hq Det, 29th Repl Bn, 7th Repl Dep, is hereby confirmed and made of record. Gillman, Stanley B. 35168247 Pfc Returned to: 509th Para Inf

05 Apr 1944 - HQ, 509th PIB APO 464, SO 23 - 3. The fol hospitalized members of this command are hereby trfd in grade to Fifth Army Airborne Training Center, APO 512, US Army. Upon comp of hospitalization will rpt to CO Pers Center 6, APO 776, US Army for further disposition. (Auth: VCCG Fifth Army dated 5 April)

11 Apr 1944 - HQ, 7th Replacement Depot, Personnel Center 6 APO 372 SO 84 - 57. Pfc. Stanley B. Gillman ASN: 35168247, Hq, 509th Para Inf, Inf, (SA), having rptd this Hqs for transhipment to 5th Army ABTC, PAC Par 3 SO 23, cs is asgd Pers Ctr 6, and atchd Hq Det, 29th Repl Bn, 7th Repl Dep, eff 10 Apr 44.

12 Apr 1944 - Pfc. Stanley B. Gillman ASN: 35168247 Unit: 5th Army A/BTC, APO 512, GO 6 - The following named Officers and Enlisted Men, Formerly members of this organization (509th PIB); last known assignment as indicated, having fullfilled all requirements as set forth in par 3, a and b, Sec I, WD Cir 269 dated 27 October 1943 are hearby announced as COMBAT INFANTRYMEN and are entitled to wear the badge as specified in WD Circ above.

12 Apr 1944 - MORNING REPORT - Hq and Hq Co Fifth Army A/B Tng Cen, Trapani, Sicily APO 512, Pfc Gillman, Stanley B. 35168247, The above 24 EM will be carried on the MR as atchd unasgd, not yet jn, per SO 23, Hqs 509th Prcht Inf, para 3, dated 5 Apr 1944.

12 Apr 1944 - MORNING REPORT - Hq and Hq Co Det 29 Repl Bn No, Bagnoli, Italy APO 372, 35168247 Gillman, Stanley B. Pfc atchd unasgd pp 57 SO 84 Hq 7 RD

18 Apr 1944 - MORNING REPORT - Hq and Hq Co Fifth Army A/B Tng Cen, Trapani, Sicily APO 512, Attached Unassigned Personnel Gillman, Stanley, B. 35168247 Pfc.

19 Apr 1944 - Hq, 7th Replacement Depot Personnel Center 6 APO 372, Transfer List Number 23 Paragraph 1. To: 5th Army ABTC, 39. Gillman, Stanley B. 35168247 Pfc, Branch: P/Inf, LS Type: B-2, Assignment: Hq Co Det, 29th Bn

25 Apr 1944 - MORNING REPORT - Hq and Hq Co Fifth Army A/B Tng Cen, Trapani, Sicily APO 512, 35168247 Gillman, Stanley B. Pvt. (atchd unasgd) Dy to abs sk in hosp NLD 22 Apr 1944.

29 Apr 1944 - MORNING REPORT - Hq and Hq Co Fifth Army A/B Tng Cen, Trapani, Sicily APO 512, 35168247 Gillman, Stanley B. Pvt. (atchd unasgd) abs sk in hosp, to sk in qrs

03 Nov 1944 - MORNING REPORT - Hq and Hq Co, A/B Tng Cen, Inf. Roma, Italy 80.2-57.2 Map of Italy 1/100,000, 35168247 Gillman, Stanley B. Pfc. Trfd to 7th Repl Depot for trans-shipment to the US on rotation, per SO 304, Hq, PBS, par 18, 30 Oct 44.

03 Nov 1944 - MORNING REPORT - 434th Repl Co 31st Repl Bn (NO) Ippodromo d'Agnano, Italy. Fol named 12 EM (RMP) (W) (atchd unasgd) and jd 1430 hrs by A/M-434-308-8 Hqs 7th RD dtd 3 Nov 44 SCN "C" Gillman, Stanley B. 35168247

06 Nov 1944 - HQ, 7th Replacement Depot, APO 372 SO 293 - 16. Fol EM (Rota to US and POW's) are reld fr atchd unasgd 434th Repl Co, 31st RB, and atchd unasgd 435th Repl Co, 31st RB, 7th RD. WP. TDN. 144. Gillman, Stanley B. 35168247 Pfc.

11 Nov 1944 - 435th Replacement Company, 31st Replacement Battalion, Seventh Replacement Depot APO 372, ATCHD LIST NO 5 - 35 EM (RMP) SCN indicated "Atchd unasgd" Rtd to US by Mvt Order RO Grp N365-6 dtd 8 Nov 44, left co 0700 hrs: Gillman, Stanley B. 35168247 Pfc Inf SCNO

00 Nov 1944 - HQ, 7th Replacement Depot, APO 372 Movement Orders, RO Group N365-6 SECTION II - OTHER PERSONNEL. 11. Pfc Gillman, Stanley B. 35168247 MOS: 409 BRANCH: INF CO: 435, Furlough Address: Route 3, Brookville, Indiana

22 Nov 1944 - Pfc. Stanley B. Gillman ASN: 35168247 Returned to US

24 Nov 1944 - MORNING REPORT - Reception Station No. 6, 1558th SU, Camp Atterbury, Indiana

24 Nov 1944 - HQ, 1558th Service Unit Reception Station No 6, Camp Atterbury, Indiana, SO 15 - 13. The following named EM, are reld fr atchd to 1558th SU, this sta, and are trfd in gr to ASF Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station, Albon Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida. EDCMR 27 Nov 44. EM are granted a delay enroute of twenty-two (22) days, plus travel time, and will rpt to CG sta indicated on 18 Dec 44, for processing and reasgmt. (Auth: WD Cir 305, 17 Jul 44). Pfc Gillman, Stanley B. 35168247 MOS: 409 BRANCH: INF CO: 435, Furlough Address: Route 3, Brookville, Indiana

18 Dec 1944 - MORNING REPORT - Co 16 1486th SU, 4th SVC. AG and SF Redis Sta Miami Bch, Fla, Gillman, Stanley B. 35168247 Pfc, above 18 EM fr enr to jn to AWOL as of 2400

13 Jul 1945 - Honorably Discharged

Note: Had completed 15 jumps in the military

18 Jul 1948 - Stanley B. Gillman ASN: 35168247 Hometown: Brookville, IN Listed on Reunion LIST B

23 Mar 1989 - Passed away Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, USA, Buried at Saint Andrew Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, USA

509th PIA

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