Hamilton County

 

Sgt. Theodore Stephenson

 

 

Theodore Stephenson was born July 28, 1913 to V. Howard and Daisy Studley Stephenson. He died Nov. 13, 1943 and is memorialized at Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England and in Valley Spring Cemetery, Valley Spring, TX.
Sgt. Stephenson was a first engineer aboard a Liberator bomber last reported by radio contacts to be going down into waters of the North Sea off the coast of Holland. He was first reported mission in action, later declared KIA.

Sgt. Stephenson was awarded the Purple Heart and Air Medal.

Source: ancestry.com