Rank and Name, Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class Lynn Edwin Steele.
Unit/Placed in, USS St. Lo (CVE-69) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.
Lynn is born approx. on 1922 in Idaho.
Father, Burton Vivian Steele.
Mother, Rada M. (Peterman) Steele.
Sister(s), Rada Olive, Lena Mae and Lois Vivian Steele.
Brother(s), Carl and Alvin Hubert Steele.
Lynn enlisted the service in Idaho with service number # 6601357.
Lynn was KIA in the kamikaze attack on the St. Lo during the Explosions he took the wounded to a save place but an Explosion killed him on 25 Oct. 1944, he is honored with a Silver Star, Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Lynn is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://ussstlo.com/
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L2Y8-P1P
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/
Lynn E. Steele
HOME OF RECORD:
Rupert, Idaho
AWARDS BY DATE OF ACTION:1 of 1
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Navy
Division: U.S.S. St. Lo (CVE-63)
GENERAL ORDERS:
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 345 (December 1945)
CITATION:
Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class Lynn E. Steele (NSN: 6601357), United States Naval Reserve, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving aboard the U.S.S. St. LO (CVE-63) in the Philippine Islands area on 25 October 1944. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service.
