Lieut. Stanley Steiner 1924-1944

STEINER

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 1/30/2021 at 07:35:56

2 August 1944 - The Anamosa Journal

Lieut. Stanley Steiner, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Steiner, Monticello, has been reported officially listed as dead by the war department at Washington, D.C. Lieutenant Steiner has been missing since a routine flight in Texas last April 25.

He was born in Monticello Sept. 29, 1924, and graduated from the Hopkinton high school in 1942. He entered Iowa State college and Nov. 30, 1942, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was called for active duty Feb. 2, 1943.

He won his wings and commission at Foster Field, Victoria, Texas, March 12, 1944, and last April 21, he was graduated from the aerial gunnery base at Matagorda peninsula, Texas. He then served as a flight instructor.

Besides his parents, a brother, Vernon, chief petty officer now serving in the Pacific area, and two sisters, Ruth and Dorothy Mae, survive.