Service - US Army - 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division Rank - Private Born - October 1923 Died - 19 December 1944 - KIA Buried - Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery in Henri-Chapelle, Belgium - Plot C, Row 7, Grave 1 Awards - Purple Heart Township - St. Mary’s, Ebenezer Community

 James W. Stevens, Jr. enlisted on March 23^rd, 1943 and was assigned to Company A, 117^th Infantry Regiment,  30^th Infantry Division (the Old Hickory Division).   He was killed in the opening days of the Battle of The Bulge near Stavelot , Belgium when the Germans began their attack.  

The 1930 census of St. Mary’s Township, Wake County , NC shows J. W. Stephens (Stevens), age 6, was with his grandparents, C. Edward and Katie Stephens (Stevens).   His parents were James Walter Stevens, Sr. and Essie Thompson.   A Garner, WW II veteran remembers when James entered the service that he was scared to death.  He was in service less than two years when he was killed in action.