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Earl J Steffen

World War II

United States of America

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Birth- 13 Oct 1925
Waukesha Wisconsin

1939 - 1945World War II- Age: 19 years

Regiment
United States Naval Reserve
Rank
Aviation Ordnanceman, Second Class, U.S. Navy
Awards
Purple Heart
Service Number
3058589
Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
World War II
Gold Star

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Aircraft Assignment
TBF/TBM Avenger "gunner" - manned 50 caliber turret ball gun

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Stationed- 1943
Alameda, San Diego, Hilo & Kaneohe Hawaii
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Torpedo Squadron One (VT-1)
Casualty- 9 Jul 1944-Age: 19 years
Japanese AA guns
Agana Heights, Guam
Death- 4 Feb 1946
Death
4-Feb-46

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Aircraft shot down by Japanese AA guns
9 Jul 1944
MIA Guam 9 July 1944 (1946 not the actual date of death)

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Burial

Honolulu, Hawaii
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii
Memorial Location
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial

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Other Facts

State Of Residence
Wisconsin

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Full Name
Earl J Steffen

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Full Name
Earl John Steffen
Mother
Josephine Barbara Graser (Kramer)
Also Known As
"Steff"
Father
Fredrick C. Steffen
Sibling
Harold, Frances, Betty

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