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Personal info

Full name
STEPHENS, James Bryce
Date of birth
15 February 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Manchester, Coffee County, Tennessee
Hometown
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34787467
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Stockem, Bettingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 12 14

Immediate family

Members
George W. Stephens (father)
Mattie L. (Draper) Stephens (mother)
Harry M. Stephens (brother)
Ethel F. Stephens (sister)
Charles D. Stephens (brother)
Eugene T. Stephens (brother)
Mildred J. Stephens (sister)
Billie J. Stephens (sister)
Alice (Mobly) Stephens (wife)
Janice Stephens (daughter)

More information

Pvt James B. Stephens graduated from Chattanooga Central High School in 1937 and was a mason before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 17 June 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census, Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Janie ancestry Dec 2009, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Tennessean - 9 March 1945