Harold Leroy Steward (1916 - 1943)

2LT Harold Leroy Steward

Born 1916 in Adams County, Illinois, United States

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Died 9 Jul 1943 at about age 27 in Crete, Greece

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Biography

Harold L. Steward was born in 1916. Harold graduated from Quincy Senior High School, Quincy, Illinois, in 1935. He was serving in the U. S. Army Air Forces during World War II when his plane was hit by enemy fire and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. He was a bombardier aboard a B-24(D) bomber.

Fold3 contains a ten-page file of Missing Air Crew Report (World War II) Number 42-40779, which describes the plane, the mission, and the crash in which Bombardier Lieutenant H. L. Steward was killed. Some pages have relatively poor readability; no images saved at this time (January 2023)

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56250595/harold-l-steward: accessed 15 January 2023), memorial page for 2Lt Harold L. Steward (1916–9 Jul 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56250595, citing North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial, Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia; Maintained by John Dowdy (contributor 47791572)..

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