STACKABLE, THOMAS P. June 19, 1945 age 23 DNB Camp Gordon

THOMAS PATRICK STACKABLE  b. Jan 6, 1922 d. June 19, 1945 Died Non Battle

Camp Gordon, Georgia

Pfc 36529370 Army Quartermaster Unit

Buried Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit

Parents: David & Ella (Platz)

Siblings: David Jr, Dorothy, Kenneth, Warren, William

It was a family of Michiganders. On the 1940 census the family have occupations that are straightforward: Dad is a lineman for City Light & Power, Warren works as a station attendant in a gas station, Kenneth drives a truck for an auto distributor and Thomas is a pinsetter at a bowling alley. Work was simpler and more manual. The house at 17207 Heyden where they lived so many years is gone, what once was a very nice neighborhood dotted now with overgrown lots.

It seems back in the 1920’s the families not only were larger, but had more male children. For the Stackables 4 of their 5 children were boys! Curious whether statistically males outnumbered females in the first half of the 20^th Century. Of course the war quickly changed the ratio in favor of females.

Thomas registered 29 June 1942 when he worked at Detroit Furnace Co. He was 5’11” and 160 lbs with hazel eyes and brown hair. He spent 15 months stationed in Alaska.

From May 1945 until April 1946 Camp Gordon, near Augusta, Georgia, was the U.S. Army Personnel and Separation Center. They processed some 86,000 personnel for discharge from the Army. History of the Camp along with plenty of photos can be found on this blog post: https://taipeisignalarmy.blogspot.com/2015/05/ww2-and-new-camp-gordon-augusta-ga.htmln 

The Quartermaster Unit is responsible for supplies; they kept the troops fed and with fuel. Within the unit is the Graves Registration Service. There is a separate blog post with information about this necessary wartime service.

 

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Thomas was killed in a truck accident at Camp Gordon.