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Personal info

Full name
STAKE, Richard Gerald
Date of birth
23 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O1316603
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Meschede, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 21 19

Immediate family

Members
Godfrey W. Stake (father)
Eleanor (Keeley) Stake (mother)
Godfrey Stake (brother)
Eleanor Stake (sister)
Kenneth Stake (brother)
Robert Stake (brother)

More information

Richard Stake graduated from Mount Carmel High School and attended college for one year. He was the manager at the Kenwood Club.

He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 19 September 1942. He started officers training at Fort Benning, Georgia and served in Iceland beofre being transferred to the 47th Infantry Regiment in the middle of March 1945.

He was killed leading his rifle platoon on a patrol.

Lt Stake was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemtery at Ittenbach, Germany

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.9thinfantrydivision.net, www.news.papers.com - Chicago Daily Tribune, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.news.papers.com - Chicago Daily Tribune