John Steele

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Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

United StatesLived 1912 to 1969 · aged 56

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Private John Marvin Steele was an American paratrooper who landed on the pinnacle of the church tower in Sainte-Mère-Église on June 6, 1944, during Operation Overlord.

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Monument to John Steele, whose parachute caught on a church pinnacle on D-Day

Awards 2

Bronze Star Medal

Purple Heart

About this person

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United States

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deceased

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Lived 1912 to 1969 · aged 56

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