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Personal info

Full name
STEELE, Edward J
Date of birth
14 October 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31183638
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
Maizières-lès-Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 68

Immediate family

Members
David Steele (father)
Rose Steele (mother)
John Steele (brother)
Hugh Steele (brother)
David Steele (brother)
Elizabeth Steele (sister)
Margaret Steele (sister)
Thomas Steele (brother)
James Steele (brother)
Rose Steele (sister)
Leo Steele (brother)
Marjorie T. (Porraro) Steele (wife)

More information

Pfc Edward J. Steele attended high school for two years and was employed at Glenlyon Tweed Mills.

He enlisted in Providence, Rhode Island on 24 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery