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Grave marker for Everett V. Stitt
in the Evergreen Cemetery, Erwin (Unicoi county), Tennessee..
Everett enlisted in the
Army on 21 Jan 1942 and volunteered for parachutist duty.
After completion of
training he was shipped to Hq 82nd AB Div Leicester, England. T3
Stitt was transferred to Service Company 508th on 6 November 1944 and
then to Hq Hq 2 months later.
Although the timing of
events caused him to miss seeing action in France and Holland, he was
sent into combat in Belgium and was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge
on 10 March 1945 for action during the campaign, 18 Dec 1944 to 20 Feb
1945.
 SSgt
Stitt was listed as a passenger on the SS General William M Black which
left Le Havre, France on 4/13/1945 and arrived New York City on 18 April
1945 He was a patient with injury listed as "Scar, painful, heel
right". The cause and circumstance of the injury are unknown. |
