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Personal info

Full name
AYKANIAN, Stephen Samuel
Date of birth
10 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Indian Orchard, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31460640
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Neufchâteau, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 49

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Aykanian (father)
Eva (Tavitian) Aykanian (mother)
Suran Aykanian (brother)
Minas S. Aykanian (brother)
Rose Aykanian (sister)
Varoojan J. Aykanian (brother)

More information

Pvt Stephen S. Aykanian attended high school for four years before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 31 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Leo Tarpinian, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Boornazian Ronga Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Sarah Jane Gabig