Frederick Latzer Stemler

Military
media-49745.jpeg UPL 49745 TSGT Frederick Latzer Stemler
Ground Crew Chief
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF

Object Number - UPL 49745 - TSGT Frederick Latzer Stemler Ground Crew Chief 416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Daddy Land's Commando
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania 17 August 1921
Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania 16 February 1942 White Street Worked for New Jersey Zinc Co.

Enlisted

Allentown, Pennsylvania 13 July 1942 5'11" 250 lbs

Died

Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania 22 May 2004 "Frederick L. Stemler, 82, of White Street, Bowmanstown, died Sunday, May 2, in his home. He was the husband of Mrs. Helen E. (Heintzelman) Stemler since Dec. 6, 1946. Born Aug. 17, 1921, in Bowmanstown, he was a son of the late Robert W. and Esther M. (Kuehn) Stemler. Fred retired as a supervisor from Mack Truck Co., Walbert, in 1983. Previously, he was an auto mechanic for his uncles business, the former Stemler-Buick Motor Co., for many years and before that was a laborer for the former New Jersey Zinc. Co., both of Palmerton. Fred was a lifelong member of Emmanuel United Church of Christ, Bowmanstown. He was a 1939 graduate of Palmerton High School. He and his deceased twin brother, Edward B., made Eagle Scout in Troop 47, Bowmanstown, in 1939. He was a 32nd-degree Mason and member of the Masonic Lodge, Lehighton, Valley of Lehigh-Lehigh Consistory, Allentown, and Hiram Temple Shrine, Wilkes-Barre. Fred was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, serving with the 669th Bombardment Squadron in the European theater of operations, Normandy, Rhine and Ardennes, receiving a Bronze Star and attaining the rank of technical sergeant.

Buried

Palmerton, Pennsylvania 25 May 2004 Towamensing Cemetery Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA

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