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Personal info

Full name
STEWART, James Kinley
Date of birth
16 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Champaign County, Illinois
Hometown
Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36684014
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Schophoven, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 3 19

Immediate family

Members
Charles L. Stewart (father)
Ruth (Want) Stewart (mother)
Mary M. Stewart (sister)
Charles L. Stewart (brother)
Barbara J. Stewart (sister)

More information

S/Sgt James K. Stewart graduated from Urbana High School and attended university where he studied civil engineering.

He enlisted in August 1943 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

He is remembered at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Headstone and Interment Records, http://idnc.library.illinois.edu

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Cindy Hall, www.ancestry.com - single / Seth777