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Personal info

Full name
STEPHENS, Elmer Ray
Date of birth
27 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Eden, Nacogdoches County, Texas
Hometown
Angelina County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38478380
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
32nd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Erezée-Manhay, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Clyde M. Stephens (father)
Lena G. (Hilliard) Stephens (mother)
Collis Stephens (brother)
Laverne Stephens (sister)
Lamar Stephens (brother)
Billie Stephens (brother)
Laura A. Stephens (sister)

More information

Pvt Elmer R. Stephens graduated from Hudson High School. He was employed at Southern Pine Lumber Company.

Pvt Stephens is remembered at Old Union Cemetery in Hudson, Angelina County, Texas.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Hilliard Family Tree

Photo source: FOHF, www.findagrave.com - Atti