John Stano was born on June 12, 1921, got Social Security number 181-14-2777 (indicating Pennsylvania).

John F. Stano enlisted on October 10, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. John took some of his training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana before going to the European Theatre of Operations (ETO) and was a S/Sgt. in the 83rd Infantry Division, 331st Infantry Regiment.

After Action Reports from January 1945 lists John F. Stano as Lightly Wounded in Action (LWA) on January 12, 1945 while his unit was fighting in the Battle of the Bulge in the Petit Langlir area.

After Action Reports from April 1945 lists John F. Stano as a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal for distinguishing himselve by meritorious service and/or heroic achievement and/or meritorious achievement in connection with Military operations against an enemy of the United States during the month April 1945.

John Stano died at the age of 50, on February 1, 1972.