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Personal info

Full name
STEPHENSON, John
Date of birth
5 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan
Hometown
Verona, Huron County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36978022
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Farébersviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 11 32

Immediate family

Members
Alex Stephenson (father)
Melinda M. ( Rifenbank) Stephenson (mother)
Alexander Stephenson (brother)
George D. Stephenson (brother)
Harold E. Stephenson (brother)
Lawrence Stephenson (brother)
Bernice Stephenson (sister)
Robert A. Stephenson (brother)
Julia E. Stephenson (sister)
Gerald L. Stephenson (brother)
Katherine O. Stephenson (sister)
Frances E. Stephenson (sister)

More information

Pvt John Stephenson attended 4 years of high school and was a mechanic before he joined the Regular Army in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 25 June 1941.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Tali Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.80thdivision.com
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