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Personal info

Full name
O'BRIEN, Stephen Bernard
Date of birth
3 March 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Ballingarry, Ireland
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36682299
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Belmont - Les Rouge Eaux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 9 37

Immediate family

Members
Helen K. O'Brien (wife)

More information

Pfc Stephen B. O'Brien was employed by Wilson & Company.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his neck.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy