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Personal info

Full name
STEWART, Alan Ball
Date of birth
8 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Franklin, Warren County, Ohio
Hometown
Devon, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
15120538
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 15 8

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Stewart (father)
Elvira B. Stewart (mother)
Elizabeth S. Stewart (sister)

More information

Alan Stewart graduated from Haverford School where he was a star in track, football and swimming. He attended Kenyon College for two years, where he joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 8 September 1942 and applied for the Army Specialized Training Program.

His father was a World War I Veteran.

He was severly wounded In action on his first day of combat on 29 November 1944 and died in a hospital in Belgium on 3 December 1944.

Source of information: Jac Engels, Terry Hirsch, Elizabeth S. (King) Stewart (sister), www.wwiimemorial.com - National Archives / ABMC Cemeteries, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application file

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Elizabeth S. (King) Stewart (sister), Haverford School - Spring 2015 magazine