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Personal info

Full name
VAN STEENBURG, Ambrose
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Bette Cuel, Broome County, New York

Military service

Service number
06976298
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Field Artillery Battalion,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
Northeim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 5 2

Immediate family

Members
Almond van Steenburg (father)
Agnes van Steenburg (mother)
Russel van Steenburg (brother)
Arthur van Steenburg (brother)
Clarence van Steenburg (brother)
Emerson van Steenburg (brother)

More information

Pfc Ambrose Van Steenburg worked for a local construction company before he joined the Regular Army on 17 July 1939.

His brother Emerson was first reported missing in action in Belgium in December but a short time later he was listed as prisoner of war. In an article in the Press and Sun-Bulletin of 8 June 1945 it was announced that he was awarded the Medal of Honor for capturing 200 German prisoners. This information is wrong. His brother was never awarded a Medal of Honor.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census, www.ibiblio.org, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin