Second Lieutenant Ernest Jacob Stauffacher | UW Gold Star Honor Roll
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Ernest Jacob Stauffacher

Graduating Class of 1944
Served in World War II

Second Lieutenant
Ernest Jacob Stauffacher

Army Air Forces
605th Special Operations Squadron
399th Group

Hometown

Monroe, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Latin America

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Greenwood Cemetery, Monroe, WI

More About Second Lieutenant Stauffacher

Second Lieutenant Stauffacher first entered the service in March, 1942, and was awarded his wings at Ellington Field, TX. 2d. Lt. Stauffacher was killed in a plane crash in Latin America. He is memorialized at the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial in Tunis, Tunisia.