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Personal info

Full name
STEVENS, Bennie Albert
Date of birth
26 March 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Piper City, Ford County, Illinois
Hometown
Piper City, Ford County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36909491
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Michelau - Schonau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 30 36

Immediate family

Members
Charles L. Stevens (father)
Grace S. (Brinkman) Stevens (mother)
Lee R. Stevens (brother)
Lucille Stevens (sister)

More information

Pfc Bennie A. Stevens worked as a farmhand when he enlisted on 27 March 1944.
He was killed was killed by small arms fire in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – JoMarRo / Doug Laupp