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Personal info

Full name
STILLINGS, Marvin Earle
Date of birth
1 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio
Hometown
Mt. Sterling, Clark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35618640
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Driver
Unit
B Company,
607th Tank Destroyer Battalion,
1st Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Sehndorf-Perl, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 31 24

Immediate family

Members
Robert D. Stillings (father)
Bessie M. (Sewell) Stillings (mother)
Iola M. Stillings (sister)
Janet I. Stillings (sister)
Kenneth E. Stillings (brother)
Gerald W. Stillings (brother)
Pauline R. (Riley) Stillings (wife)
Terry S. Stillings (son)

More information

Pfc Marvin E. Stillings attended high school for four years and was a general industry clerk at Godman Shoe Factory.

He enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 15 December 1942. He was sent overseas in May 1944.

He was one of three men killed when the jeep they were riding in, struck a large mine.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Luxembourg.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Steve Dike, Peter Schouteten www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Darrin Mason, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Record 607th TDB Mornings Reports, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Our Family Tree, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.findagrave.com - Gracedv / Steve Dike, www.newspapers.com - Springfield News Sun 16 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Nicolle Leibrecht Gros / Steve Dike, www.newspapers.com - Springfield News Sun 16 February 1945