PFC Stuart S. Stryker

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PFC Stuart S. Stryker was a U.S. Army paratrooper and Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, honored posthumously as the namesake of the Stryker armored fighting vehicle.

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PFC Stuart S. Stryker canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Medal of Honor recipient ⓘ
United States Army soldier ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United States ⓘ
award Medal of Honor ⓘ
Purple Heart ⓘ
birthDate 1924-01-13 ⓘ
birthPlace Portland, Oregon, United States ⓘ
burialPlace Golden Gate National Cemetery ⓘ
San Bruno, California, United States ⓘ
commemoratedBy Medal of Honor citation ⓘ
naming of Stryker family of armored vehicles ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
deathCause killed in action ⓘ
deathDate 1945-03-24 ⓘ
deathPlace near Wesel, Germany ⓘ
familyName Stryker ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Stuart ⓘ
honoredFor extraordinary heroism ⓘ
medalOfHonorStatus posthumous ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryOperationLocation near Wesel, Germany ⓘ
militarySpecialty infantry ⓘ
namesakeOf M1126 Stryker ⓘ
Stryker armored fighting vehicle ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
operation Operation Varsity ⓘ
rank Private First Class ⓘ
reasonForMedalOfHonor led a charge against a strongly defended enemy position ⓘ
sacrificed his life to save fellow soldiers ⓘ
serviceEndYear 1945 ⓘ
serviceNumber 39437423 ⓘ
serviceStartYear 1943 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations European Theater of Operations ⓘ
unit 17th Airborne Division ⓘ
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment ⓘ

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Stryker armored fighting vehicle → namedAfter → PFC Stuart S. Stryker ⓘ