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STEPPUTTIS, Harold A - Date of
birth
24 March 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Pleasant Dale, Seward County, Nebraska -
Hometown
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
17011587 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Medical Aidman -
Unit
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
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Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
9 November 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Port-sur-Seille, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| J | 43 | 34 |
Immediate family
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Members
Carl H. Stepputtis (father)
Emma A. (Wagenknecht) Stepputtis (mother)
Victor C. Stepputtis (brother)
Darlene Stepputtis (sister)
Margaret (Holland) Stepputtis (wife)
More information
S/Sgt Harold A. Stepputtis attended Lincoln High school before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Crook, Nebraska on 10 October 1940. He was sent overseas in June 1944.He has been awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously for his actions on the day of his death. The citation cited: Sgt Stepputtis was serving as an aid man with a rifle company engaged in the operation of enlarging a bridgehead. He received a painful flesh wound from shrapnel, but refusing to be evacuated, bound his own wound and continued his duties. Later a fellow soldier fell severely wounded on open terrain under direct enemy fire. With full knowledge of the dangers involved and without hesitation, Sgt Stepputtis crawled forward in an effort to rescue his stricken comrade. While on this heroic mission, Sgt Stepputtis lost his life as a result of enemy fire.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Stepputtis Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy