Age 25. 7 Maple Street, Gloucester, MA. Born on 8/08/1917, in Gloucester. Died of burns (death certificate). Seaman, 1st class, U.S. Naval Reserve (also misreported as a Ship Fitter, 2nd class). Attached to Headquarters, First Naval District, Boston. Was assigned to the Boston Navy Yard. Was a passing outside rescue worker. Left his boarding room at 64 West Cedar Street, Beacon Hill (Boston), MA, where he resided when on duty, to assist at the scene. "Viator was not inside the club when the fire started. He just happened to be nearby" (The Boston Evening Globe, 12/09/1942). Dashed into the flames three times to save victims, "...the fourth time, he did not come out" (Holocaust!, by author Paul Benzaquin). "Mid-afternoon yesterday [Sunday] brought the tragic news to the Viator home in a telegram...informing the parents that Stanley was accidentally asphyxiated..." (Gloucester Daily Times, 11/30/1942). His remains at Chelsea Naval Hospital, Chelsea, MA, were at first misidentified by the Navy as "Victor Stanley Manning" (erroneous early naval report: "...In all respects the body is a civilian"), later corrected. "His body was identified...by the only distinguishing mark on it, a wristwatch" (The Boston Evening Globe, 12/09/1942). Enlisted in the Navy the past January. Was previously employed at Mariners' Fish Co., of Gloucester. Was engaged, fiancée Miss Rena Christopher (not present). One of two Grove victims from the north shore seaport city of Gloucester (also patron Francis Curran, age 30). One of two confirmed non-present rescue workers killed (also victim Harold Hawkins, age 46). Parents Mr. and Mrs. Leopold and Estelle B. "Stella" (Bowen) Viator, same Gloucester address. Burial at Cherry Hill Cemetery, Gloucester. Middle name Manning.

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