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Full name
STEVENS, Florain Edward
Date of birth
3 July 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Terril, Dickson County, Iowa
Hometown
Gaylord, Sibley County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37019073
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tank Commander
Unit
C Company,
40th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Malancourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Frank B. Stevens (father)
Florence E. (Wagoner) Stevens (mother)
Ethel M. Stevens (sister)
Jesse J. Stevens (brother)
Cloyd F. Stevens (brother)
James A. Stevens (brother)
Mable M. Stevens (sister)
Ralph W. Stevens (brother)
Sealetta L. Stevens (sister)
Oscar J. Stevens (brother)
Leslie D. Stevens (brother)
Harold M. Stevens (brother)
Dorothy M. Stevens (wife)
Florian J. Stevens (son)

More information

S/Sgt Florian E. Stevens was married to Dorothy Marie Christensen on 8 March 1944.

He is remembered at the Norwegian Grove Luthern Cemetery, Gaylord, Sibley County, Minnesota.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Iowa, U.S. Birth Records / Minnesota Birth Index, www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - CSteuck