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Personal info

Full name
RAND, Stewart Alvin
Date of birth
16 August 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Howard, Miner County, South Dakota
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
17049494
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 15 37

Immediate family

Members
Ole J. Rand (father)
Minnie (Tystad) Rand (mother)
Lloyd M. Rand (brother)
Wesley N. Rand (brother)
Marion M. Rand (sister)

More information

Pfc Stewart A. Rand worked on a farm near Heron, South Dakota before he volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 19 February 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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 Draft Cards Young Men / 1920 Census / South Dakota Birth Index / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux / Jaap Vermeer
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com