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Personal info

Full name
STEVENSON, Walter
Date of birth
4 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Chicopee, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
6153109
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
Fraulautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 3

Immediate family

Members
James Stevenson (father)
Mary Stevenson (mother)
Mary Stevenson (sister)
Elsie Stevenson (sister)
Robert J. Stevenson (brother)
Doris Stevenson (sister)
Ruth Stevenson (sister)

More information

Pfc Walter Stevenson worked at the Holyoke City Market before he joined the Regular Army at Drew Field, Florida on 25 March 1940.

Pfc Stevenson was an athletic who played semi-professional baseball and basketball.

His parents emigrated from North Ireland.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / Massachusetts Birth Index / Records / U.S, City Directories. www.fold3, www.newspapers.com, www.65thdiv.com,
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree