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Personal info

Full name
STINSON, James Edward
Date of birth
19 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33401488
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 16 18

Immediate family

Members
Ray D. Stinson (father)
Pauline B. (Westfall) Stinson (mother)
Edward Stinson (brother)
Charlotte (Beyer) Stinson (sister)
Florence B. (Bakey) Stinson (wife)
Sandra L. Stinson (daughter)
James E. Stinson Jr. (son)

More information

Sgt James E. Stinson attended Connelly Trade School and worked as a craneman in the Homestead Works of Carnegie-Illinois.

He went overseas three days before his son was born.

His death on the 19th was the final example of the frequency with which the number "19" occurred in his life. The infantry sergeant was born on 19 April 1919, was classified for the draft on 19 December 1941 and entered service on 19 November 1942.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press, www.fold3.com - WWII Registration Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet