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Stuebgen Walter A.

Name:
Walter A. Stuebgen
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
13059973
Unit:
550th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-01-05
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
E
Row:
0
Grave:
53
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:

Walter A. Stuebgen was born in 1923 in Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 29, 1942, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Driver and also as Single, without dependents.

Walter served in the 550th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Staff Sergeant and Ball Turret Gunner of the B-17 #42-3544 'Stars and Stripes' during World War II. He was Killed in Action on January 5, 1944, when his B-17 crash-landed at Badwell Ash, Suffolk, England, while attempting to reach their base after the aircraft was severely battle damaged on a bombing mission over Bordeaux, France. Seven of his crewmates were also Killed In Action, only the tail gunner survived.

SSgt Steubgen is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov