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STEWART, Edward Forrest - Date of
birth
10 July 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont -
Hometown
Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31254629 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
unknown -
Unit
155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
28 March 1945 - Place of
death
East of Schernbeck, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 18 | 14 |
Immediate family
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Members
Forrest P. Stewart (father)
Dorothy A. (Choate) Stewart (mother)
Helen E. Stewart (sister)
Kathryn R. (Holland) Stewart (wife)
Dorothy A. Stewart (daughter)
More information
Cpl Edward F. Stewart graduated from St. Michael's High School in 1941, where he was assistant manager for two years and manager for one year of the basketball team.He enlisted while he was in his second year at Vermont Junior College in Rutland, Vermont on 17 March 1943 and was stationed at Camp Davis, Nort Carolina, and later was selected for the ASTP program en sent to MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts for six months. When this program was discontinued, he was transferred to a glider regiment and was stationed at Camp Forrest in Tennessee until he was sent overseas in August 1944.
He was married to Kathryn Holland on 24 April 1944.
Cpl Stewart was killed by artillery fire.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Kerr and Pierce Family tree / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Burlington Free Press - 24 September 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, St. Augustine Church; St. Michael's High School Yearbook, 1941