Purvis Lee Stacks
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Object Number - UPL 57124 - Sgt. Purvis L. Stacks, 767th Bombardment Squadron, 461st Bombardment Group (H). Shot down, wounded and taken POW on 17 December 1944.
Assigned to the 767th Bombardment Squadron, 461st Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 11 October 1944. Shot down and wounded aboard B-24 41-28913 (aircraft #67), 17 December 1944. Taken Prisoner of War. MACR 10652
Decorations: Air Medal (G.O. #536, Headquarters, 15th Air Force, 1945), POW Medal
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19103687 / O-672598
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron 767th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Washington, DC, USA | 26 June 1924 | Son of Joseph Elmer and Ruby [Purvis] Stacks. |
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Enlisted |
Richmond, VA, USA | 26 June 1943 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Roznava, Hungary | 17 December 1944 - 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 41-28913; crash-landed after attack by FW-190. Held in Stalag Luft IV. MACR 10652. |
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Other Honorably Discharged |
4 February 1946 | ||
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Died |
Charlottesville, VA, USA | 10 July 1989 | |
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Buried |
Charlottesville, VA, USA | 14 July 1989 | Riverview Cemetery |
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