Marvin Murry Stallings was born on February 26, 1922 in Collegeport, Matagorda County, Texas. His parents were Marvin and Margaret Miller Stallings. His father was born in Alabama and worked as a Pipe Fitter. His mother was born in Texas and they had seven sons. They lost another son Peter who was KIA on March 19, 1945 aboard the USS Franklin. Two other brothers also served in WWII but returned home safely.

He had enlisted in the United States Army and served during World War II. Stallings had the rank of Corporal. Service number assignment was 18117780. Attached to Company I, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division as a Paratrooper.

Corp. Marvin Murry Stallings was a paratrooper from Co. I, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, being transported on board a C-47A Skytrain (#42-100905) from the 95th Troop Carrier Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group, 50th Troop Carrier Wing, IX Troop Carrier Command, 9th Air Force, being flown to Drop Zone D in the early-morning hours of Jun. 6, 1944, in support of the D-Day landings. The transport, code-named Chalk 15, was brought down by German anti-aircraft fire west of Magneville with the loss of Stallings, the other 17 paratroopers from his battalion, and the transport's 4-man crew.

Marvin Murry Stallings is memorialized at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. This is a National American Cemetery administered through the Department of Veteran's Affairs.

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