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STINSON, Paul G - Date of
birth
5 July 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Homer, Claiborne County, Louisiana -
Hometown
Big Spring, Howard County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
18017419 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
27 October 1944 - Place of
death
Groesbeek-Wylerbaan, the Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| K | 1 | 15 |
Immediate family
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Members
Sam M. Stinson (father)
ynthia E. (Mullican) Stinson (mother)
Robert B. Stinson (brother)
Sam M. Stinson (brother)
Woodie A. Stinson (brother)
Josilynn Stinson (wife)
More information
Pvt Paul G. Stinson was an errand boy.He joined the Regular Army on 30 August 1940. He was first stationed at Fort Bliss with the Eight cavalry of the First Cavalry Division and transferred later to the paratroopers. He trained at Fort Benning, Georgia, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, before being sent overseas in April 1943.
A German panzerfaust lay in between a pile of bags on a truck. When Pvt Stinson picked up a musette bag the Panzerfaust went off and the blowback disemboweled him. His comrades gave him a shot of morphine right after it happened but Pvt Stinson alreday died a few moments later.
Pvt Stinson was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands on 28 October 1944.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - family trees / 1943 Census, www.marketgarden.com, www.newspapers.com - Big Spring Daily Herald, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, https://books.google.nl
Photo source: www.marketgarden.com, Tucson Daily Citizen