Timeline
Birth- Oct 13, 1925
Waukesha Wisconsin
1939 - 1945World War II- Age: 19 years
Regiment
United States Naval Reserve
Rank
Aviation Ordnanceman, Second Class, U.S. Navy
Awards
Purple Heart
Service Number
3058589
Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
World War II
Gold Star
Aircraft Assignment
TBF/TBM Avenger "gunner" - manned 50 caliber turret ball gun
Stationed- 1943
Alameda, San Diego, Hilo & Kaneohe Hawaii
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Torpedo Squadron One (VT-1)
Casualty- Jul 9, 1944-Age: 19 years
Japanese AA guns
Agana Heights, Guam
Death- Feb 4, 1946
Death
4-Feb-46
Aircraft shot down by Japanese AA guns
Jul 9, 1944
MIA Guam 9 July 1944 (1946 not the actual date of death)
Burial
Honolulu, Hawaii
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii
Memorial Location
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Other Facts
State Of Residence
Wisconsin
Full Name
Earl J Steffen
Full Name
Earl John Steffen
Mother
Josephine Barbara Graser (Kramer)
Also Known As
"Steff"
Father
Fredrick C. Steffen
Sibling
Harold, Frances, Betty
