Stanley Eugene Casto

1922 - 1945  (22 years)

• Name	Stanley Eugene Casto
  Born	28 Jun 1922	Gallia County, Ohio, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Apr 1945	Germany   [3]
  Buried	Gallia County, Ohio, USA
  Notes	Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964 Name: Stanley E Casto Birth Date: 28 Jun 1922 Birth Place: Gallia State File Number: 1922052261 Additional Information: William World War II Young American Patriots, 1941-1945 Name: Stanley E Casto Rank: Private Age: 21 Branch: United States Army Service Date: 10 Oct 1944 Ft McClellan, Ala; Europe Killed in action in Germany Apr 13, 1945 Award Purple Heart, Battle Heart, Battle Star Parent 1 Name: Mr. Parent 2 Name: Mrs. W G Casto Rt 1, Ewington, OH Spouse Name: Mrs. Betty Dunfee Casto Ruthland, Ohio [Rutland??] State: Ohio County: Gallia Vinton High School, Methodist World War II - Reduction of Ruhr Pocket Spouse was Betty Dunfee U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 Name: Stanley E Casto Birth Date: 28 Jun 1922 Death Date: 13 Apr 1945 Cemetery: Vinton Memorial Cemetery Cemetery Location: Vinton, Gallia County, Ohio Pvt Stanley Eugene Casto Birth: Jun. 28, 1922 Gallia County Ohio, USA Death: Apr. 13, 1945 Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Company B, 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division. Died near Volkringhausen, Germany. Entered the military on October 10, 1944 in Gallia County, Ohio. Parents were William Granville Casto and Cora Alice Smith. Married Betty Jean Dunfee 1944, in Meigs County, Ohio. Family links: Parents: William Granville Casto (1889 - 1975) Cora Alice Smith Casto (1892 - 1981) Siblings: William Victor Casto (1911 - 2002)* John Grant Casto (1913 - 1980)* Granville Leon Casto (1915 - 1978)* Raymond Smith Casto (1917 - 1994)* Edward Clayton Casto (1921 - 1921)* Stanley Eugene Casto (1922 - 1945) Annalu Casto Payne (1929 - 2013)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Vinton Memorial Cemetery Vinton Gallia County Ohio, USA Created by: Son of the 7th Record added: Mar 05, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 34480306 Inscription: Stanley E Casto Ohio Pvt 23 Armd Inf Bn 7 Armd Div World War II June 28, 1922 - April 13, 1945 He Gave His Life In service but six months Pvt. Stanley Eugene Casto, aged 23, was a victim of the fighting in Germany. He entered the Army Oct. 10, 1944, went over March 7 and was killed in action April 13. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Granville Casto of Ewington and the grandson of Mayor B. G. Casto of Vinton. He was a graduate of Vinton High School and a fine young man with a bright future before him. His tragic death leaves fatherless a five-months baby daughter, Alice Jean, who with her mother, Mrs. Betty Dunfee Casto lives at Rutland. He visited them in January. Also surviving are six brothers, three in service: John in Alabama; Leon, now in a hospital at Fort Sill, Okla., after 22 months in the South Pacific and Raymond in Hawaii; Victor of Vinton, Jimmy and Billy of Ewington. There are also three sisters, Mrs. Naomi Ewing in California, Betty Casto of Cincinnati and Anna Lou at home. [Note: 6/28/1922 - 4/13/1945; Company B, 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division, Died near Volkringhausen, Germany; s/o of William Granville and Cora Alice Smith Casto; Buried in Vinton Memorial Park, Vinton, Ohio] per find.a.grave Gallipolis Daily Tribune Saturday, May 12, 1945 Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron
  Person ID	I96167	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	William Granville Casto,   b. 6 May 1888, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 8 Jul 1975, Gallia County, Ohio, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Cora Alice Smith,   b. 13 Oct 1892, Mason County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 16 Apr 1981, Gallia County, Ohio, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	25 Apr 1910	Mason County, West Virginia, USA   [1, 4]
  Notes	Marriage Record Date: 4/25/1910 at Pt Pleasant Place: Mason, West Virginia, United States William G Casto, 22, Jackson, Jackson Cora A Smith, 21, Mason, Mason 4 sons served in World War II 1920 Huntington, Gallia, OH # 106-107 Casto, W G 31 WVWVWV Alice 27 Victor son 8 Jonathan son 6 Leon son 4 1/12 Raymond son 2/7/12 Naomi J da 9/12 OH 1930 Huntington, Gallia, OH Casto, Granville 41 md age 22 WV WV WV Alice 38 md age 18 WV WV WV Victor son 19 s WV John son 17 WV Leon son 14 WV Raymond son 12 WV Naomi da 11 OH Stanley son 8 OH Elizabeth da 6 OH James son 4 Billy son 2 OH Anna Lou da 8/12 OH 1940 Huntington, Gallia, OH Casto, W G 51 OH 1935: lived same house Farmer Alice wife 47 OH 1935: lived same house Granville L son 24 OH 1935: lived same house Raymond S son 22 OH 1935: lived same house Naomi J da 21 OH 1935: lived same house Stanley E son 17 OH 1935: lived same house Elizabeth M da 16 OH 1935: lived same house James A son 13 OH 1935: lived same house William H son 12 OH 1935: lived same house Annalu da 10 OH 1935: lived same house
  Family ID	F24696	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Betty Jean Dunfee
  Children	1. Alice Jean Casto
  Family ID	F28364	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 13 Apr 1945 - Germany  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1205] Census. [S967] Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964. [S29] Casto Connections. [S654] Marriage Records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.