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Personal info

Full name
STAGGS, Walter R
Date of birth
28 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Lewis, Clay County, Indiana
Hometown
Vigo County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35578217
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 19 8

Immediate family

Members
Leroy E. Staggs (father)
Francis C. Staggs (mother)
Helen E. Staggs (sister)
Bonnie M. Staggs (sister)
Howard Staggs (brother)
Dorothy Staggs (sister)
Forrest Staggs (brother)
Pauline Staggs (sister)
Norma R. Staggs (sister)
Patty Staggs (sister)

More information

Pfc Walter R. Staggs attended high school for four years and was employed by Hulman & Company.
He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 4 January 1943 and was sent overseas in the fall of 1944.

Pfc Staggs was first buried at the Temporary Netherlands American Cemetery, Holland on Block M, Row 3, Grave 62.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten,  www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1920/1930/1940 Census / WWII Draft Card, www.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper, Vigo County Public Library (scrapbook)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Vigo County Public Library (scrapbook)