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Personal info

Full name
STEINBACH, Elmer Adam
Date of birth
30 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Benzie County, Michigan
Hometown
Homestead, Benzie County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36171209
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Near Fontenay, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 9 28

Immediate family

Members
Henry L. Steinbach (father)
Mary A. (Harwood) Steinbach (mother)
Ruth A. Steinbach (sister)
Lewis H. Steinbach (brother)
Philip O. Steinbach (brother)
Wilma M. Steinbach (sister)
Bertha R. Steinbach (sister)
Alger D. Steinbach (brother)
Gerald K. Steinbach (brother)

More information

Pfc Elmer A. Steinbach attended high school for 2 years and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Fort Custer, Michigan on 10 February 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

His brother Sgt Phillip O. Steinbach was also "Killed In Action" during the war and is interred next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hutchinson Durkin Dittmar Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – Russ Picket, WWII Draft Card


Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy