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Personal info

Full name
STEMBRIDGE, William Howard
Date of birth
20 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Ontario, Charlotte County, Virginia
Hometown
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
14123566
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Col de Sainte-Marie, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 34 31

Immediate family

Members
William H. Stembridge (father)
Elizabeth A. (Lanyon) Stembridge (mother)
Janie Stembridge (sister)

More information

S/Sgt William H. Stembridge volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 3 July 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Matthew Tree, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – The Asheville Times - 26 December 1944