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Submitted: 6/21/21 • Approved: 6/22/21 • Last Updated: 6/25/21 • R1380230-G0-S3
PRIVATE
36th Cavalry
US Army
World War II
About 1925 - January 7, 1945
The Courier News
Blytheville, Arkansas
14 Apr 1949, Thu • Page 21
Missco Soldier To Be Buried in Bassett Cemetery
Funeral services for Pvt. Walter J. Stinson, formerly of Wilson, were conducted at 2 p.m. today at Swift Funeral Home Chapel in Osceola by the Rev. L. T. Lawrence, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church there.
Interment was in Bassett Cemetery.
Pvt. Stinson, was the son of Lewis C. Stinson of Dell and the late Mrs. Eva Holton Stinson. Born in Mississippi, Pvt. Stinson had moved to Wilson and was residing there when he enlisted in the Army In 1943.
He was wounded Dec. 30, 1944, in Germany where he had served one year while attached to the 36th Cavalry. Pvt. Stinson was sent to a hospital in Holland and died there Jan. 7, 1945. He was first buried in the 9th Army Cemetery in Holland. He was 20 at the time of his death.
In addition to his father, he is survived by two brothers. Jack Stinson of Dell and Dell Stinson of Rives, Mo.; and two sisters, Mrs. R. C. Williams of Dell and Mrs. Catherine Williams of Bassett.
His body arrived in Osceola yesterday morning.
Contributed on 6/21/21 by deltabelle55
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