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Personal info

Full name
MADDOX, Stancil Leroy
Date of birth
17 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Jackson County, Georgia
Hometown
Iron Spring, Butts County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34689521
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
Obergailbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 10 16

Immediate family

Members
Glenn C. Maddox (father)
Eva C. (Mason) Maddox (mother)
Madge C. Maddox (sister)
Lawrence Maddox (brother)
Mozelle Maddox (sister)
Randall Maddox (brother)
Willie T. Maddox (sister)
Marvin N. Maddox (brother)
Rebon S. Maddox (brother)
Levi G. Maddox (brother)
Cecil M. Maddox (brother)
Bobbie J. Maddox (sister)

More information

Sgt Stancil L. Maddox attended Jackson High School for four years and was a bookkeeper for the Dinkins and Davidson Hardware Company in Atlanta before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 11 February 1943. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Vaughnlouette Tree / 1940 Census, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Backroad