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Personal info

Full name
STEPHENS, Alvin Mack
Date of birth
25 June 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Oakland, Alameda County, California
Hometown
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39585888
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1946
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Eva L. Stephens (mother)
Beverly Stephens (wife)

More information

Pvt Alvin M. Stephens was a driver before he enlisted at Fort MacArthur, California on 16 May 1944.

He was officially declared death one year and one day after he was reported missing in action. At that time his unit was fighting in the vicinity of Boulaide, Luxembourg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimmorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.90thdivisionassociation.org, www.newspapers.com - Arizona Republic - 4 February 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten