Steele, Truman – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Aviation, Ordnance man Second Class Truman Steele.

Unit/Placed in, , Patrol Bombing Squadron 109 (VPB-109), United States Navy.

Truman is born on 11 July 1917 in Crowder, Pittsburgh County, Oklahoma.

Father, Jiles Emery Steel.

Mother, Elizabeth (wherry) Steel.

Sister(s), Nona Marie and Elma Evelyn Steel.

Brother(s), Leon and Billy Jack Steel.

Spouse, Mart H. (VanSlyke) Steele.

Daughter, Karol Sue Steele.

Truman enlisted the service in Arkansas with service number # 06306208.

Truman’s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a PB4Y-1 were,

Lt. Samuel E. Coleman

LT.(jg) Leroy A. Shreiner.

Ensign Leslie E. Fontaine.

Amm1. Louis E. Sandidge Jr.

Amm2. Sterling T. Brown.

Aom2. James T. Heasley.

Aom2. Truman Steele.

Arm2. Harry F. Donovan.

Arm2. Daniel J. Dujak.

S1. Lou C. Petrick.

S1. John E. Tusha.

Truman was KIA/MIA when the PB4Y-1 went missing on a routine search patrol flight in the Mashall Islands on, 13 January 1944 he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Truman is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to, https://books.google.nl/books?id=NKxhDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA220&lpg=PA220&dq=buno+13+january+1944+LT.%09%09Samuel+E.+Coleman&source=bl&ots=27h0Bpc7UT&sig=ACfU3U0PoFwEOhSj9clAVAvQ0CdlqFjPOQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjHkYevzqKCAxWM7rsIHQ10DIUQ6AF6BAggEAM#v=onepage&q=buno%2013%20january%201944%20LT.%09%09Samuel%20E.%20Coleman&f=false

https://www.vpnavy.com/vp109.html

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GCVT-2G2

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.