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Personal info

Full name
STEWARD, Vaden A
Date of birth
10 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Pineville, Escambia County, Florida
Hometown
McDavid, Escambia County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34539059
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 5 36

Immediate family

Members
Renshaw A. Steward (father)
Lillian M. Steward (mother)
Rosa C. Steward (sister)
Bernice H. Steward (sister)
Irma R. Steward (sister)
Lois L. Steward (sister)
Bonnie A. Steward (sister)

More information

Pfc Vaden A. Steward attended Walnut Hill School before he enlisted in Camp Blanding, Florida on 5 January 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Daniel Ward
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - Pensacola News Journal 18 March 1945