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Personal info

Full name
STAKEM, Carl Francis
Date of birth
29 January 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland
Hometown
Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33849532
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Germeter, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 24 18

Immediate family

Members
Patrick A. Stakem (father)
Annie M. (Reid) Stakem (mother)
Mary E. (Bonig) Stakem (sister)
Ruth A. Stakem (sister)
Laura Stakem (sister)
Edward J. Stakem (brother)
Lucille E. (Mitchell) Stakem (wife)
June Stakem (daughter)
Carl F. Stakem Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt. Carl F. Stakem enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland and was sent overseas on 6 October 1944.
He went overseas 6 October.

He was the uncle of Lt. Robert S. Mitchell, who died on 19 November 1944 from wounds received in action.

The remains of Pvt Stakem were found in Germeter and initially registered as Unknown X-5753. He was evacuated to Ardennes Cemetery and could be identified at the identification center.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, Danny van der Groen, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – Family Trees / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.newspapers.com – The Cumberland News / Cumberland Evening Times, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com – The Cumberland News