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Personal info

Full name
WARD, Sterling Edward
Date of birth
15 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
St. Louis City Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37631009
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
Near Nothum, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 3 9

Immediate family

Members
Ira W. Ward (father)
Myrtle A. (LeClere) Ward (mother)
Beatrice P. Ward (sister)
Howard E. Ward (brother)
Robert W. Ward (brother)
Deloris B. Ward (wife)

More information

Pvt Sterling E. Ward attended high school for one year and was employed at the St. Louis Cordage Mills before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 16 December 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, www.findagrave.com - Coleman / Margie Buchhiet Hartle, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Margie Buchheit Hartle