John Stephen Mace was born to Everett and Emily Mace in Marion, South Carolina. He was raised in Charleston, attending primary and secondary schools. In 1937, he entered Clemson College and studied Chemical Engineering and Military Science.
Upon graduation in 1941, he began a career in the US Army. In the spring of 1944, JS shipped out on the Queen Mary for England with the 7th Armored Division to join Patton’s Third Army for the drive through Europe. He participated in the retaking of Chartres, for which he was awarded a Silver Star for saving a platoon of men from capture and helping to capture some three hundred German soldiers. JS was later involved in the Battle of the Bulge, where his Regiment was surrounded for seven days as the German army swept by to counter attack the allied forces. Of the 1,800 men involved at St. Vith, only about 350 emerged a week later. After the War ended, he reassigned for a tour of duty in Japan, and then acttion in the Korean War.
In 1955, John Stephen Mace married Mary Whitlow and the family remained in Kansas for a year and then traveled to many other areas stationed with the military. John and Mary celebrated 60 years of marriage in 2015. They made their final move to Washington, where they lived near family in Edmonds.
Col. John Stephen Mace will be buried in Arlington with full military honors.
Upon graduation in 1941, he began a career in the US Army. In the spring of 1944, JS shipped out on the Queen Mary for England with the 7th Armored Division to join Patton’s Third Army for the drive through Europe. He participated in the retaking of Chartres, for which he was awarded a Silver Star for saving a platoon of men from capture and helping to capture some three hundred German soldiers. JS was later involved in the Battle of the Bulge, where his Regiment was surrounded for seven days as the German army swept by to counter attack the allied forces. Of the 1,800 men involved at St. Vith, only about 350 emerged a week later. After the War ended, he reassigned for a tour of duty in Japan, and then acttion in the Korean War.
In 1955, John Stephen Mace married Mary Whitlow and the family remained in Kansas for a year and then traveled to many other areas stationed with the military. John and Mary celebrated 60 years of marriage in 2015. They made their final move to Washington, where they lived near family in Edmonds.
Col. John Stephen Mace will be buried in Arlington with full military honors.
John Stephen Mace was born to Everett and Emily Mace in Marion, South Carolina. He was raised in Charleston, attending primary and secondary schools. In 1937, he entered Clemson College and studied Chemical Engineering and Military Science.
Upon graduation in 1941, he began a career in the US Army. In the spring of 1944, JS shipped out on the Queen Mary for England with the 7th Armored Division to join Patton’s Third Army for the drive through Europe. He participated in the retaking of Chartres, for which he was awarded a Silver Star for saving a platoon of men from capture and helping to capture some three hundred German soldiers. JS was later involved in the Battle of the Bulge, where his Regiment was surrounded for seven days as the German army swept by to counter attack the allied forces. Of the 1,800 men involved at St. Vith, only about 350 emerged a week later. After the War ended, he reassigned for a tour of duty in Japan, and then acttion in the Korean War.
In 1955, John Stephen Mace married Mary Whitlow and the family remained in Kansas for a year and then traveled to many other areas stationed with the military. John and Mary celebrated 60 years of marriage in 2015. They made their final move to Washington, where they lived near family in Edmonds.
Col. John Stephen Mace will be buried in Arlington with full military honors.
Upon graduation in 1941, he began a career in the US Army. In the spring of 1944, JS shipped out on the Queen Mary for England with the 7th Armored Division to join Patton’s Third Army for the drive through Europe. He participated in the retaking of Chartres, for which he was awarded a Silver Star for saving a platoon of men from capture and helping to capture some three hundred German soldiers. JS was later involved in the Battle of the Bulge, where his Regiment was surrounded for seven days as the German army swept by to counter attack the allied forces. Of the 1,800 men involved at St. Vith, only about 350 emerged a week later. After the War ended, he reassigned for a tour of duty in Japan, and then acttion in the Korean War.
In 1955, John Stephen Mace married Mary Whitlow and the family remained in Kansas for a year and then traveled to many other areas stationed with the military. John and Mary celebrated 60 years of marriage in 2015. They made their final move to Washington, where they lived near family in Edmonds.
Col. John Stephen Mace will be buried in Arlington with full military honors.
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