Steele, John Webester – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Private John Webester Steele.

Unit/Placed in, 3^rd Battalion (Comp-K), 5^th Marines.

Webester is born on 14 July 1926 in Columbia Township, Indiana.

Father, John Joseph Steele.

Mother, Mabel Ida (Clingerman) Steele.

Sister(s), Mabel E. Dorothy B. and Thistle Coleen P. Steele.

Webester enlisted the service in Indiana with service number # 916336.

Webester was KIA when his DUKW on his approach to the Beach came in the crossfire from the Coast Artillery and Exploded on 15 September 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Marine Good Combat Ribbon, Marine Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Thanks to,

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GZG4-2M1

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