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| Cpl. Stanley Renosky served in the 112th Cavalry Regiment in the South Pacific. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54521207/stanley-j-renosky http://www.first-team.us/tableaux/chapt_02/ |
Stanley John Renosky never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
Stanley was born on June 24, 1920 in Beyer, Pennsylvania. His parents Jozef and Marianna were both born in Poland. They came to America in 1910. His father worked as a coal loader in a coal mine and died in 1933 from a cerebral hemorrhage. Stanley had four older brothers, two older sisters, two younger brothers, and one younger sister. By 1940 Stanley was still living at home. He had completed eight years of school and was working as a coal loader.
He was drafted into the army in January 1942. He was sent to the Pacific in April 1942. He was in action in New Guinea, Tarawa, and Leyte. I don't know what units he was with for those actions, but his family's Headstone Application says he was assigned to Recon Troop M, 32nd Cavalry and reached the rank of Tech 5. This must be a mistake because the 32nd Cavalry Regiment was in Europe. Perhaps it was the 112th Cavalry Regiment which was located in the Pacific and was in Luzon in 1945 where Cpl. Renosky last served. Cavalry units in the Pacific fought as infantry.
For the Luzon Campaign, the 112th Cav was attached to the 1st Cavalry Division. The 1st Cav was involved in the Battle of Manila where up to 100,000 Filipinos were tragically killed. Cpl. Renosky was killed on the last day of the battle, March 3, 1945.
His grave is at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Beyer, Pennsylvania.
This is one of the final 100 stories (71) to be written as part of this project which ends on September 2, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. At that time more than 1,370 men and women will have been profiled. The project will live on in an expanded program to write the stories of all 400,000+ US World War II fallen. Visit www.storiesbehindthestars.org to learn more. We welcome your continued support and interest and encourage you to help write some of these stories.
Last year on this date I profiled Silver Star hero John Kotas, 1st Infantry Division. You can read about John here.
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