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Personal info

Full name
STEPHENS, Erwin R
Date of birth
7 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Columbiana County, Ohio
Hometown
Columbiana County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35289006
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Voellerdingen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 25 56

Immediate family

Members
Rolly M. Stephens (father)
Margret F. (Eagle) Stephens (mother)
Delbert C. Stephens (brother)

More information

Pfc Erwin R. Stephens enlisted at Camp Perry, Ohio on 19 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Doughty Tree / Headstone and Interment Records / Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964, AAR 51st AIB August 44 thru May 1945

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