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STALLINGS, Simon Francis "Hobie" - Date of
birth
3 September 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Winfall, Perquimans County, North Carolina -
Hometown
Winfall, Perquimans County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34855182 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
17 September 1944 - Place of
death
Wettlingen, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg -
Tablets of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.
Immediate family
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Members
Dennis P. Stallings (father)
Eva M. (Simpson) Stallings (mother)
Marjorie L. Stallings (sister)
Hazel S. Stallings (sister)
Mary R. Stallings (sister)
Evelyn L. (Luton) Stallings (wife)
Brenda Stallings (daughter)
More information
Pvt Simon F. Stallings enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 3 December 1943.In 1952 the Army notified Pvt Stallings' relatives that they had given up hope of finding his remains. On 26 September 1973 a German construction crew uncovered a gravesite in the village of Wettlingen. The skeletal remains in the grave were identified as those of Pvt Stallings.
He was given his final resting place at the Cedar Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Perquimans County, North Carolina. His name is permanently inscribed at the Tablets of the Missing at the American Military Cemetery and Memorial of Luxembourg and marked with a rosette.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com - Doc Wilson / Susan Griffin, www.newspapers.com - Rocky Mount Telegram - 19 December 1973
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Mt. Vernon Register-News 1973 / Rocky Mount Telegram - 19 December 1973, www.findagrave.com - Susan Griffin