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Personal info

Full name
STUART, Avery William
Date of birth
23 October 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Hometown
Taylor County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37682075
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 September 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 11 9

Immediate family

Members
Homer F. Stuart (father)
Nellie B. (Price) Stuart (mother)
Pearl B. Barnett (half-brother)
Addis N. Barnett (half-brother)
Lyle F. Barnett (half-brother)
Leo R. Stewart (brother)
Earl Stewart (brother)
Alma L. (Johnston) Stuart (wife)
Avery W. Stuart Jr. (son)
Robert A. Stuart (son)
Janice Y. Stuart (daughter)

More information

Pfc Avery W. Stuart was a truck driver before he enlisted in October 1943.

His half-brother, Lyle F. Barnett, was killed in action on 4 January 1945 and is buried at Epinal American Cemetery.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Bonus Case File / Marriage Record / Family Trees, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, www.newspapers.com - Lenox Time Table

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Yuri Beckers