Stanley Scripter

Birthplace: Abilene, Kansas

Branch of Service: Army

Unit: 65th Engineering Company

Theater of Operation: Pacific

Enlisted / Commissioned: Nov 11, 1944

Discharged: Aug 22, 1946

Highest Rank: Tech 4

Honored By: Lowell, Ted, and Ron Scripter and Kim Hofmann and their families

Stanley David Scripter, son of Fred and Jody (Lyon) Scripter was born November 19,1923 on a farm north of Detroit, Kansas. Stanley attended the local one room school and graduated from the Dickinson County Community High School at Chapman, Kansas. Stanley worked at various jobs along with work on the farm. Stanley answered the draft and entered the service November 11, 1944 and entered at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He was with the 65th Engineer Company and was stationed at Ft. Riley (for 3 days), Ft. McClennan, Alabama, and Ft. Benning, Georgia. He went to Ft. Ord, California before going to the Philippines and on to Japan where he was stationed in the Army of Occupation and worked as an electrician. Military honors include: Asiatic Pacific Campaign medal, Philippines Liberation Ribbon, Good Conduct medal, Army of Occupation medal, WWII Victory medal. He was discharged as a Tech 4 on August 22, 1946 at Camp Beale, California. Stanley came home to be an electrician and raise his children on the family farm. He is survived by his wife, Edith, of the home.