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PVT Galen H Steinman

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PVT Galen H Steinman Veteran

Birth
Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, USA
Death
17 Sep 1944 (aged 27)
Metz, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Burial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot F Row 11 Grave 36
Memorial ID
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PVT. Steinman, Galen H.
Service number: 35284653

Age: 27
Born: December 7, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana
Hometown: Mentor, Lake County, Ohio
Family:
Howard Clarence Steinman (father)
Myrtle Irene (nee Wright) Steinman/Oberman (mother)
Evelyn Maxine Steinman/Korunych "Cornish" (sister)

Rank: Private
Function: Not available
Battalion: 147th Armored Signal Company
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: Not available
Date of death: September 17, 1944
Status: Died Of Wounds
Place of death: Metz, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Spot: 59th Field Hospital, south of Metz
Awards/Commendations
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Bronze Star
★ Purple Heart
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot F Row 11 Grave 36
Cemetery: Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, Lorraine, France

Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on February 11, 1942 at Camp Perry, in Ottawa Co., Ohio.
Other information :
PVT. Steinman, Galen H.
Service number: 35284653

Age: 27
Born: December 7, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana
Hometown: Mentor, Lake County, Ohio
Family:
Howard Clarence Steinman (father)
Myrtle Irene (nee Wright) Steinman/Oberman (mother)
Evelyn Maxine Steinman/Korunych "Cornish" (sister)

Rank: Private
Function: Not available
Battalion: 147th Armored Signal Company
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: Not available
Date of death: September 17, 1944
Status: Died Of Wounds
Place of death: Metz, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Spot: 59th Field Hospital, south of Metz
Awards/Commendations
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Bronze Star
★ Purple Heart
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot F Row 11 Grave 36
Cemetery: Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, Lorraine, France

Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on February 11, 1942 at Camp Perry, in Ottawa Co., Ohio.
Other information :

Inscription

PVT 147 SIG CO 7 ARMD DIV

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Ohio.



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  • Maintained by: Son of the 7th
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56661202/galen_h-steinman: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Galen H Steinman (7 Dec 1916–17 Sep 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56661202, citing Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France; Maintained by Son of the 7th (contributor 47067117).