Stanley Emerson Sackett was born February 11, 1923 in Livermore, Colorado. His parents, Thorwald H. and Dorothy E. (Emerson) Sackett, had a farm near Livermore. Sackett graduated from Fort Collins (CO) High School, then attended Colorado A&M.

Sackett enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces from Larimer County, Colorado. Service Number O-675725. 1LT Sackett was a fighter pilot with the 369th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group. He was stationed at RAF East Wretham in Norfolk, England during WWII.

On May 8, 1944, 1LT Sackett was part of an escort protecting bombers on a mission to Brunswick, Germany. In a letter to 1LT Sackett's parents, CPT John A. Oliphant described the incident, "Lieutenant Sackett was flying a Mustang fighter plane as part of a fighter formation protecting a group of 60 American bombers nearing their target. The German fighters attacked in waves and after their second attack it was found that Lieutenant Sackett was one of only four American fighter pilots left on the flank of the bomber formation. The four opposed the attack of about 30 Messerschmitt 109 fighters. In the melee that followed, Lieutenant Sackett's plane, followed by three Germans, was seen to go down smoking heavily."

1LT Sackett was killed in the incident. His plane crashed near Mandelsloh, Neustadt, Germany.

Stanley Emerson Sackett was interred in Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium.