David Earl Stoudmire (1924 - abt. 2006)

Born 3 Aug 1924 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Died about 29 Mar 2006 at about age 81 in California, United States [uncertain]

Biography

David Stoudmire is a part of US Black heritage.

David Stoudmire is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Navy 1941-1994 attaining the rating of Steward 3rd class
Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal with 3 bronze stars for service on the USS Portunus (AGP-4)

David Stoudmire, son of Walter Stoudmire and Martha Moore, was born in 1924.^[1]

David was living at home when he enlisted in the US Navy on 6 August 1941, just 3 days after his 17th birthday. He served on several ships during WWII before his discharge on 23 November 1945.^[2]

He died in 2006 and is buried in San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery in Santa Nella, California.^[3][4][5]

David's brother, Norvell Stoudmire, was a Tuskegee airman who was KIA in Italy March 31, 1944.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com, database with images, "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947" > Missouri > Slupsky-Tabush > Stoddard, Guy-Stout, Alan > image 5233 of 5355 for David Earl Stoudmire Ancestry Record 2238 #15672950 with attached Image; The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Missouri, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 314. [The person who will always know his location is Walter Stoudmire, 4611 Page Blvd. This is the same address as that recorded as his permanent address on his discharge papers.].
2. ↑ "Missouri, Reports of Separation Notices, 1941-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q4-VG61 : accessed 24 December 2020), David Earl Stoudmire, 23 Nov 1945; citing Military Service, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. [His home address at enlistment is the same as that recorded in the 1930 and 1940 Census as being owned by his father.]
3. ↑ US Department of Veterans Affairs, Nationwide Gravesite Locator (https://m.va.gov/gravelocator/index.cfm : 24 December 2020), search criteria Stoudmire born 1924. [STOUDMIRE, DAVID E, ST3 US NAVY, WORLD WAR II, DATE OF BIRTH: 08/03/1924, DATE OF DEATH: 03/29/2006, BURIED AT: SECTION 9 SITE 417, SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL CEMETERY, 32053 WEST MCCABE ROAD SANTA NELLA, CA 95322
4. ↑ BillionGraves, database with images (https://billiongraves.com : accessed 24 December 2020), Grave record for David E Stoudmire (3 Aug 1924 - 29 Mar 2006), BillionGraves Record 27479313, Santa Nella, Merced, California, United States
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 December 2020), memorial page for David Earl Stoudmire (3 Aug 1924–29 Mar 2006), Find A Grave: Memorial #72887835, citing San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, Santa Nella, Merced County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8).

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHJP-8PM : accessed 24 December 2020), David Stoudmire in household of Walter Stoudmire, St. Louis Township, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 122, sheet 2B, line 84, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1239; FHL microfilm 2,340,974.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7HC-XXM : 24 December 2019), David Stoudmire in household of Walter Stoudmire, Ward 22, St. Louis, St. Louis City, St. Louis City, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96-550, sheet 9A, line 40, family 204, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2203.