Name:
Lyle Llewellyn Stevens
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-701013
Unit:
705th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-06-07
State:
California
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
B
Row:
1
Grave:
57
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Lyle Llewellyn Stevens was born on May 21, 1924, in Round Prairie, Minnesota. He enlisted on August 5, 1942, in Los Angeles, California.
Lyle served in the 705th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Second Lieutenant and Co-Pilot of the B24 42-51116 'Nature's Nymph' in World War II. He was Killed in Action on June 7, 1944, when the aircraft he was aboard crashed into Rumburgh, England. He is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
His name is commemorated on a plaque located at the St. Michael's Church in Rumburgh, England, but his middle initial is inscribed as A.