Steele, William C. – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant William C. Steele.

Unit/Placed in, 33rd Bomber Squadron, 22nd Bomber Group, Heavy, United States Army Air Forces.

William is born. on 12 December 1912 in Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

Father, Willam John Steele.

Mother, Callie Irene (Eck) Steele.

Brother(s), Russel G. and Alan Luther Steele.

William enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 33057730.

William‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were,

1stLt. Donald White Pilot

2ndLt. Alonza T. Roundtree Co-Pilot

1stLt. William R. Brown Navigtor

1^st Lt. Joe A. Cornado Bombardier

SSgt. John T. Hooks Radio Operator

TSgt. Wayne W. Shaw Engineer

TSgt. Arthur K. Miller Asst. Engineer

SSgt. Raymond Schutrum Gunner

SSgt. Willian C. Steele Gunner

1stLt. Nathaniel H. Ball Observer

William was KIA/MIA when over the bombing target they were hit by AA- white phosphorus shell, the explosion caused the bomber to crash on, 1 September 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Recovery of Remains

After the crash, the remains of White, New, Shaw and Ball were recovered.

William is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-24/42-100291.html

https://www.ozatwar.com/22ndbomb.htm

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