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Personal info

Full name
STACKHOUSE, Charles E B "Jim"
Date of birth
20 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Blair County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33890433
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
Medebach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 21 27

Immediate family

Members
Edgar J. Stackhouse (father)
Anna M. (Schuler) Stackhouse (mother)
John R. Stackhouse (brother)
Elwood R. Stackhouse (brother)

More information

Pfc Charles E. Stackhouse attended Lincoln High School and graduated from Altoona High School in 1937 and was a clerk.

He enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 7 June 1944 and was sent overseas in November 1944.

Pfc Stackhouse served in Italy until the middle of February 1945.

He is remembered at the Alto Reste Burial Park in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Nickoli Family Tree / 104th Inf Div, www.newspaperarchive.com - Altoona Mirror

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Spanielfam, www.ancestry.com - Altoona High School Yearbook 1937, Altoona Mirror - 26 April 1945