Marvin J. Steinford

World War II
Service #17070404
Unit429th Bomber Squadron, 2nd Bomber Group, Heavy
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Iowa
Date of DeathMarch 24 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Notes
SSGT Steinford's name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Florence American Cemetery and Memorial. SSGT Steinford's remains were recovered and identified on March 23, 2010.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.