WWII · Battle Death Record
Charles von Stade
1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army · New York
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Charles von Stade
- Entered the Service From
- New York
- Rank
- 1st Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 93rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 13th Armored Division
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- April 10, 1945
- Burial / Memorial
- Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Netherlands
- Grave
- Plot H, Row 7, Grave 9
Their story
Charles Steele von Stade was a U.S. polo champion who, with teammates, won the 1941 U.S. Open Polo Championship at Meadow Brook before enlisting in the U.S. Army in March 1942. Serving as a first lieutenant with the 93rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 13th Armored Division, he was killed in action in Germany on April 10, 1945, when his Jeep struck a land mine during the final weeks of the war in Europe.
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