George Washington Stoker was born to Fred and Katharine Stoker on February 22, 1896, in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He was a WWI veteran and amongst an early group of engineers to work on the Atomic Bomb.
He first entered the service on June 22, 1918, at Minneapolis, assigned to Company F, 311 Engineers Camp Grant, and left for France on September 8, 1918. There, he was transferred to the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) University, Beaune, France (The AEF was a college and technical training facility for AEF soldiers during WWI. It provided additional education beyond what was offered at division educational centers). He was later promoted to Corporal. Stoker returned to the U.S. on July 1st and mustered out July 11th, 1919.
After his service, Stoker began a career at DuPont Company around 1943 as an instrument man. At the end of his career there, he was a power analyst in the chemical processing department’s power and general maintenance department. Stoker left to be employed by General Electric at the Hanford Plutonium Plant. He retired around 1961 after 18 1/2 years of service, along with two other people who combined for 42 years at the Atom site or with the company.
George Washington Stoker passed away in 1984.