From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)
Military Branch
Women's Army Corps
Active Duty Entered
April 4, 1944
Active Duty Exit
December 21, 1945
Notes
Vivian Steward was born in Louisville, KY, the daughter of George and Ella Graves Steward. She was living in Ohio when she enlisted in the Army in Cincinnati, according to her record in National Archives, Access to Archival Databases. After her military career she returned to Louisville, where she was employed as a nurse's aide at the Veterans Administration Medical Center. She died in 1985 and is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Louisville.
Sources: Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File in Ancestry; Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry; and "Vivian Steward" in the obituaries in the Courier-Journal, 4/23/1985, p. 12.
Sources: Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File in Ancestry; Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry; and "Vivian Steward" in the obituaries in the Courier-Journal, 4/23/1985, p. 12.
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Item Relations
Cited in this Entry
| NKAA Source: Ancestry (online) |
| NKAA Source: National Archives, Access to Archival Databases (online) |
| NKAA Source: Courier-Journal [Louisville] (newspaper) |
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Cite This NKAA Entry:
“Steward, Vivian,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed December 11, 2023, https://ukscrc001.net/nkaa/items/show/300004390.
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