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Personal info

Full name
STEPHENS, Jake Willard
Date of birth
17 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Tabor City, Columbus County, North Carolina
Hometown
Orlando, Orange County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34980501
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Rittershoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 8 21

Immediate family

Members
Joel E. Stephens (father)
Luttie G. (Simmons) Stephens (mother)
Joel D. Stephens (brother)
Lila G. Stephens (sister)
William V. Stephens (brother)
Mary L. Stephens (sister)
Eugene S. Stephens (brother)

More information

Pfc Jake W. Stephens was employed at the Florida Book and Bible House before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 25 April 1944.

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, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
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