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Personal info

Full name
HACKSTOCK, Karl
Date of birth
1 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36773332
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Béning-lès-St.Avold, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 25 42

Immediate family

Members
Karl Hackstock (father)
Wilhelmina W. (Lang) Hackstock (mother)
Wilhelmina Hackstock (sister)

More information

Pvt Karl Hackstock was employed by the Groan Manufacturing Co. when he enlisted on 2 August 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his face.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/ 1940 - Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards / Tom and Kathleen Jensen Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Emmanuel Vincent