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Personal info

Full name
STEPHENSON, Charles Burt
Date of birth
11 November 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Aurora, Kane County, Illinois
Hometown
Kane County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36376946
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 April 1945
Place of death
Near Tangermunde, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 21 12

Immediate family

Members
Richard R. Stephenson (father)
Helen Stephenson (mother)
Richard Stephenson (brother)
Mary Anne Stephenson (sister)
Marjorie Stephenson (sister)

More information

Sgt Charles B. Stephenson graduated from East Aurora High School in 1939 and was employed at Durabilt Steel Locker Company.

He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 26 September 1942.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Card / 1930 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Record of Aurora in World War II - Judge J. W. Greenaway, East Aurora High School 1939