Rank and Name, Private First Class Ben Claire Steele.
Unit/Placed in, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Division (23rd Division), United States Army.
Ben is born on 14 April 1923 in Woodside, Montana.
Father, Harold Thomas Steele.
Mother, Elizabeth Anne (Semmens) Steele.
Sister(s), Charlotte May and Marjory Anne Steele.
Brother(s), Harold Lewis Steele.
Ben enlisted the service in Montana with service number # 39617460.
Ben died of his wounds sustained in the Firefights with the Japanese on Mt. Babag (Babag Ridge) on 15 April 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Marksman Ship Badge, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Ben is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://anthro151.blogspot.com/2010/10/
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G38P-825
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
