Robert B. Stapleton
NAME: Robert B. Stapleton
ASN: 18018058
PLACE OF BIRTH:
DATE OF BIRTH: 1922?
DATES OF SERVICE: 17 Jul 1940 -
UNIT ASSIGNED: 509th PIB
CAMPAIGNS: Naples-Foggia
AWARDS: Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Purple Heart Medal, EAME Campaign Medal with arrowhead device, World War II Victory Medal
SUMMARY OF SERVICE:
17 Jul 1940 - Enlisted - NARA Enlistment Record
| ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | 18018058 | 18018058 |
| NAME | STAPLETON#ROBERT#B###### | STAPLETON#ROBERT#B###### |
| RESIDENCE: STATE | 82 | Undefined Code |
| RESIDENCE: COUNTY | 077 | Undefined Code |
| PLACE OF ENLISTMENT | 8261 | Undefined Code |
| DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY | 17 | 17 |
| DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH | 07 | 07 |
| DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR | 40 | 40 |
| GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION | PVT# | Private |
| GRADE: CODE | 8 | Private |
| BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION | CAV | Cavalry |
| BRANCH: CODE | 50 | Quartermaster Corps |
| FIELD USE AS DESIRED | # | # |
| TERM OF ENLISTMENT | 4 | Enlistment for assignment to another corps area |
| LONGEVITY | ### | ### |
| SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL | 0 | Civil Life |
| NATIVITY | 82 | Undefined Code |
| YEAR OF BIRTH | 22 | 22 |
| RACE AND CITIZENSHIP | 1 | White, citizen |
| EDUCATION | 0 | Grammar school |
| CIVILIAN OCCUPATION | 316 | Farm hands, general farms |
| MARITAL STATUS | 6 | Single, without dependents |
| COMPONENT OF THE ARMY | 1 | Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men) |
| CARD NUMBER | # | # |
| BOX NUMBER | 0267 | 0267 |
| FILM REEL NUMBER | 2.124 | 2.124 |
28 Feb 1944 - Pfc. Robert B. Stapleton, 18018058, GO 31Commendation for action on 9 Sep - 19 Oct 43 Raid on the Island of Ventotene
10 Nov 1943 - Wounded in Action in Italy
01 Jan 1944 - Pfc. Robert B. Stapleton, 509th PIB, GO # 134 page 3. Under the provisions of Army Regulations 600-45, as amended, a Purple Heart is awarded to ROBERT B. STAPLETON, Private First Class, 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, United States Army; for wounds received in action against an armed enemy, during the Fifth Army campaign in Italy, 10 November 1943.
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