PVT Donald Otto Stauder

PVT Donald Otto Stauder was born 14 Aug 1923 in Southgate, Kentucky. He was the 2nd son of William F. and Elsie May (Bringmann) Stauder. His father died of tuberculosis in the Cincinnati Sanitarium on 16 May 1931. The family then lived at 4831 Main Avenue in Norwood, Ohio. Donald completed high school and worked for Perin's Service Station at the corner of Main and Weyer in Norwood (Main is now Montgomery).

Donald was drafted in June 1943. It was probably while home on furlough after completing his basic military training at Fort McClellan, Alabama that Donald married Violet M. Kinzel in December 1943. We don't know where he went before being sent to the European theater. PVT Stauder was transferred from the replacement depot to L Company 116th Infantry on 27 Oct 1944 to serve as a heavy machine gunner. PVT Stauder was killed in action near Koslar, Germany on 24 Nov 1944.

PVT Stauder is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery.

Donald and Violet had no children and Violet re-married and had children with her second husband. Brother, William Howard Stauder served in the Navy and left service as a Ptr1c serving in the South Pacific aboard the USS Kankakee and Patuxent.