'One of the best liked men in his company'

Eight things you should know about Glen Hubbard Stevens:

1) He was born Sept. 8, 1918, in Trenton, Texas, the fifth of six children born to John David Stevens and Ethel Mae Prather.

2) He grew up on a farm and graduated from Leonard, Texas, High School in 1936.

3) Military records show he was single and employed as a bookkeeper/cashier when he enlisted in the Army on Feb. 7, 1941, in Dallas.

4) Military records show he was the fourth of 18 paratroopers to jump from a C47 Troop Transport plane during Operation Neptune on June 6, 1944.

5) The Western Union telegram expressing “deep regrets that your son Technician Fourth Grade Glen H. Stevens was killed in action on six June in France,” was sent to his mother at 7:03 p.m. on July 6, 1944.

6) A letter to his mother from Maj. Gen. M.B. Ridgway reported Glen Hubbard was a “sincere and loyal solider” whose “pleasant and cheerful manner made him one of the best liked men in his company.”

7) His newspaper obituary lists a fiancée among his survivors. Her name was Viva Nevil and she’s alive and well at 87.

8) My uncle, Glen Charles Stevens of Muleshoe, Texas, was named in honor of Glen Hubbard.