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Personal info

Full name
STACKHOUSE, La Verne Royal
Date of birth
1 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Hometown
Hill, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
6864209
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gorze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 33 19

Immediate family

Members
Ollie W. Stackhouse (father)
Marjorie L. (Spade) Stackhouse (mother)
Natalie Stackhouse (wife)

More information

S/Sgt La Verne R. Stackhouse was an author, editor and reporter before he joined the Regular Army on 21 January 1939. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his loin.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Anderson Laere Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Jon Strupp
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Jon Strupp / Andy