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Personal info

Full name
STEPHENSON, Juel Jerome
Date of birth
14 February 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
Hometown
St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida

Military service

Service number
42091349
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
68th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Rittershoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 8 32

Immediate family

Members
James J. Stephenson (father)
Elena Stephenson (mother)
Mabelle F. (Marlott) Stephenson (wife)

More information

Pvt Juel J. Stephenson attended high school for three years and was a driver before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 21 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 / Florida County Marriage Records / 1920 Census / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, http://14thad.org
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