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STEWART, Connie Buford - Date of
birth
30 December 1924 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky -
Hometown
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35796803 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 November 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Nayemont-les-Fosses, Saales, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 19 | 2 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Connie B. Stewart (father)
Mary Stewart (mother)
Ann G. Stewart (sister)
More information
S/Sgt Connie B. Stewart attended Lafayette High School.He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 1 April 1943 and was sent overseas in September, 1942.
In February 1944 he was wounded in action in Italy, to his arm by artillery shell fragments. He was hospitalized until March.
S/Sgt Stewart was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his actions on 25 May 1944 in Cisterna, Italy.
On 23 November 1944, in the vicinity of a road block on the Nayemont-les-Fosses road to Saales he was killed in action by artillery shell fragments.
S/Sgt Stewart is remembered at Calvary Cemetery in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky with a memorial marker.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Kyle Fible-Epperson, Lexington Herald-Leader - 8 December 1944