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Personal info

Full name
STACKS, Corbit Craig
Date of birth
26 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Union County, North Carolina
Hometown
Kershan, Lancaster County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34842893
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Schevenhütte, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 15 45

Immediate family

Members
Tony Stacks (father)
Fanny Stacks (sister)

More information

Pfc Corbit C. Stacks enlisted at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina on 6 August 1943.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle Block Y, Row 10, Grave 191.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet