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Personal info

Full name
SCHUYLER, Steven B
Date of birth
15 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Barry, Navarro County, Texas
Hometown
Dallas County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38116110
Rank
Private
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Niedermerz-Aldenhoven, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 8 23

Immediate family

Members
William Henry Schuyler (father)
Frances Elizabeth (Waggoner) Schuyler (mother)

More information

Pvt Steven Schuyler enlisted on 8 June 1942 at Dallas, Texas. He landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day.
He was promoted to Sergeant on 7 July and to Staff Sergeant on 27 July 1944 and was seriously wounded in action on 30 July 1944. His rank was reduced to Private on 10 November 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Owens Family Tree

Photo source: Des Philippet, www.findagrave.com