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Personal info

Full name
STEWART, Raymond Wilber
Date of birth
23 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Arcadia, Crawford County, Kansas
Hometown
Mulberry, Crawford County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37750413
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 February 1945
Place of death
Near Olmscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 72

Immediate family

Members
Atlee R. Stewart (father)
Gladys P. (Fish) Stewart (mother)
Charles A. Stewart (brother)
Delmer R. Stewart (brother)
Wilma L. Stewart (sister)
Verna J. Stewart (sister)
Vera L. Stewart (sister)
Robert W. Stewart (brother)
Gloria M. Stewart (sister)
Harold A. Stewart (brother)
Karen A. Stewart (sister)
Gary E. Stewart (brother)

More information

Pvt Raymond W. Stewart attended high school for two years and was employed at the Kansas City Southern Railway Company before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 19 August 1944.

He is also remembered at the Rosebank Cemetery in Mulberry, Crawford County, Kansas.

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, www.findagrave.com - VJS / Kyle Henegar, www.super6th.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - VJS