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Personal info

Full name
STEINER, Francis Vincent "Pin"
Date of birth
15 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Bridgeton, Providence County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31290798
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Verleumont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 11 43

Immediate family

Members
George E. Steiner (father)
Viola M. Steiner (mother)
George E. Steiner Jr. (brother)
Eleanor M. Steiner (sister)
Shirley E. Steiner (sister)

More information

Sgt Francis V. Steiner worked in a textile factory.

He enlisted in Providence, Rhode Island on 13 February 1943 and joined his unit from the 41st Replacement Battalion on 1 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org – After Action Report

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet