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Personal info

Full name
HENSON, Arthur Stephen
Date of birth
9 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Maysville, Garvin County, California
Hometown
Maysville, Garvin County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
39275906
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
Reconnaissance Company,
823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gross-Steinum, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 15 27

Immediate family

Members
Henry A. Henson (father)
Roxyann V. (Young) Henson (mother)
Claudia M. Henson (sister)
Altha C. Henson (sister)
James P. Henson (brother)
Lucy P. Henson (sister)

More information

T/5 Arthur S. Henson enlisted on 9 January 1943.

He was killed by a burst of machine gun fire as he and his lieutenant were driving into enemy lines.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Rose Family Tree, www.tankdestroyer.net - After Action Report 823rd TDB, Ancestry.com - 1940 United States Federal Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet