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Personal info

Full name
STEVENSON, Willard Gilroy
Date of birth
9 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42102968
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 February 1945
Place of death
Oberhoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 29 35

Immediate family

Members
Peter G. Stevenson (father)
Bessie C. (Tintle) Stevenson (mother)
Donald A. Stevenson (brother)
Bessie J. Stevenson (sister)

More information

Pfc Willard G. Stevenson was employed at the Cornish Wire company before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 27 December 1943. he was sent overseas in July 1944.

He died of wounds in a field hospital, caused by artillery shell fragments in his chest, sustained on 4 February.

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 / Stevenson Tree, www.findagrave.com – Coleman, www.newspapers.com – The News - 21 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Coleman, www.newspapers.com – The News - 21 March 1945