Stanley C. Smolik

Stanley C. Smolik
Personal details
Born	1920
Died	2015
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	415971
Rank	Corporal
Rank at Ritchie	Private First Class
Camp Ritchie	Class 12 (27 September – 25 November 1943)
Section	6F

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Stanley C. Smolik (1920–2015) was a United States Army Private First Class who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 12.

Biography

Stanley Smolik was in the United States Marines during World War II. He worked in Intelligence, and served in three campaigns in Roi Namur, Saipan, and Tinian. During these campaigns, he ruptured his tympanic membrane, and injury that resulted in his discharge, despite his desire to stay in the Marines. Smolik recounts the very romantic story of how he met his wife while he was in the service. Very serendipitously, she was waiting for the bus while he was buying a pack of cigarettes on his way to Camp Elliott in California. She wrote to him every day while he was overseas. When he got home, they met in person again and were married. He served as Cpl with 4th Marine Division. He served as D-2 Scout Marine in three campaigns.

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	95
Class_ASN	415971
Class_Name	SMOLIK, Stanley C.
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• Served as Cpl with 4th Marine Division.

Sources

• Stanley Smolik, Veteran Interview | The New York Public Library (nypl.org)
• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Stanley C. Smolik for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Smolik, Stanley C. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: STANLEY C. SMOLIK.docx)