Steele Jr. , Roy Lerson

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Roy Lerson Steele Jr.

Unit/Placed in, USS San Francisco (CA-38) Cruiser, United States Naval Reserve.

Roy is born on 3 December 1922 in Tennessee.

Father, Roy Lerson Steele Sr.

Mother, Wavie Kathy (Bell) Steele.

Sister(s), Pearlie Mae and Zela Louise Steele.

Brother(s), Dewey Jenkins Steele.

Roy enlisted the service in Tennessee with service number # 6401905.

Roy was KIA/MIA when they were under fire from the Japanese Navy and hit from shells from the Japanese cruiser Nagara on 13 November 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, Army & Air Presidential Unit Citation, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GL9R-SZS

Thanks to, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Francisco_(CA-38)

https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1665474

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.