BIOGRAPHY:
Service number: 19100368.
Entered service in Los Angeles, California on 17th July 1942.
Second Lieutenant William W. Steinke flew in P-51B #42-106466.
Missing in action since 9th April 1944 while escorting B-17's, probably crashed in the North Sea, east of Ameland.
Is mentioned at the Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery at Margraten, Netherlands
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AIR MEDAL (AM)
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Rank:
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Second Lieutenant
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Unit:
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381st Fighter Squadron, 363rd Fighter Group
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AIR MEDAL (AM)
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Second Lieutenant
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Unit:
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381st Fighter Squadron, 363rd Fighter Group
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Second Air Medal has been received in form of an Oak Leaf cluster which is placed on the ribbon of the first Air Medal.
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PURPLE HEART
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Rank:
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Second Lieutenant
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Unit:
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381st Fighter Squadron, 363rd Fighter Group
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