He claimed in his draft registration in 1917 that he had served as a private for one and a half years in the infantry in Alabama. He listed a platinum leg as a disabiltiy,but claimed the disability would not prevent him from serving his country.
William Armand Stephenson served in World War I.
Stephenson William A.
3,587,458 W.Memphis,157 Mill St.
inducted: LB4 Memphis,Tenn. on Sept 5,1918
Born: Chattanooga,Tenn.
Organization: 4 Co.Coastal Artillery Corps Ft. Moultrie,S.C. to discharge.
Grade: Pvt.
Hon. discharge: Dec.12/18
In view of the occupation he was, on date of discharge,reported 10 per cent disabled.
William A. Stephenson died at the St. Joseph Hospital County,Tennessee at 7:00 P.M. on August 20,1942 at the age of 55 of Coronary Occulsion. At the time of his death he was a clerk in a retail liquor store.
On August 22,1942 at 8:00 A.M. his body was placed in a railroad car of the Southern Railroad and sent to Huntsville,Alabama. The body arrived in Huntsville,Alabama at 3:45 P.M. and his funeral was held at the Laughlin Funeral Home at 5:00 P.M. Place of interment was Maplehill Cemetery.
He claimed in his draft registration in 1917 that he had served as a private for one and a half years in the infantry in Alabama. He listed a platinum leg as a disabiltiy,but claimed the disability would not prevent him from serving his country.
William Armand Stephenson served in World War I.
Stephenson William A.
3,587,458 W.Memphis,157 Mill St.
inducted: LB4 Memphis,Tenn. on Sept 5,1918
Born: Chattanooga,Tenn.
Organization: 4 Co.Coastal Artillery Corps Ft. Moultrie,S.C. to discharge.
Grade: Pvt.
Hon. discharge: Dec.12/18
In view of the occupation he was, on date of discharge,reported 10 per cent disabled.
William A. Stephenson died at the St. Joseph Hospital County,Tennessee at 7:00 P.M. on August 20,1942 at the age of 55 of Coronary Occulsion. At the time of his death he was a clerk in a retail liquor store.
On August 22,1942 at 8:00 A.M. his body was placed in a railroad car of the Southern Railroad and sent to Huntsville,Alabama. The body arrived in Huntsville,Alabama at 3:45 P.M. and his funeral was held at the Laughlin Funeral Home at 5:00 P.M. Place of interment was Maplehill Cemetery.
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