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Personal info

Full name
LACKEY, Marvin Oneil
Date of birth
29 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Stokes County, North Carolina
Hometown
Lawsonville, Stokes County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34897097
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
Near Thionville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 34 34

Immediate family

Members
Edward R. Lackey (father)
Bessie M. (Marvin) Lackey (mother)
Margaret Lackey (sister)
Mable Lackey (sister)

More information

Pfc Marvin O. Lackey graduated from Lawsonville High School and worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 16 December 1943. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

On 25 November he was reported seriously wounded in action and was evacuated to the 60th Field Hospital where he died of his wounds on 27 November. He was wounded in the colon sigmoid by artillery shell fragments. At the time, the 60th Field Hospital was stationed near Thionville, France.

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. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Lackey Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Ken Brown, http://newspapers.digitalnc.org - The Danbury Reporter