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Personal info

Full name
STEPHENS, Curtis Woodrow
Date of birth
24 October 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Stokes County, North Carolina
Hometown
Cedartown, Polk County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
14029595
Rank
Private
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 13 37

Immediate family

Members
William C. Stephens (father)
Fannie M. (Waits) Stephens (mother)
Floyd Stephens (brother)
Cornelia Stephens (sister)
G. W. Stephens (brother)
Gordon Stephens (brother)
Lee W. Stephens (brother)
Annie O. Stephens (sister)
Elwood D. Stephens (brother)
Hazel Stephens (sister)
Charles C. Stephens (brother)
Catherine J. Stephens (sister)
Brewster E. Stephens (brother)

More information

Pvt Curtis W. Stephens worked on his own farm before he joined the Regular Army at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 15 October 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Stephens Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 79th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy