147th Armored Signal Company Deaths in Europe

c 147th Armored Signal Company Deaths in Europe In Memoriam

147th Armored Signal Company
(7th Armored Division)
Deaths in Europe
Alphabetical List

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Spare a minute
to think
of the young who didn't grow up,
and how young they looked when they died,
and how no one will ever remember them looking tired and middle-aged
or even be bored by tiresome recitals of the time of their youth.
- - - - Russell Baker "How to Observe Dec. 7" (NY Times, Dec. 1965)

These 3 names are from the June 30, 1947 list compiled by the Adjutant General. It is not known if other deaths have been identified since then, nor if the names on the Adjutant General's list are spelled correctly (other unit lists have been found to have had omissions and mis-spellings). See the white box just below for how you can let me know about any errors you find.

I have checked all these names against the American Battle Monuments Commission's World War II Honor Roll. If you want to check a name on the Honor Roll, click here.

Please Help to Tell These Men's Stories and Preserve Their Memory!

PLEASE contact Wesley Johnston at the address below if you have any information on any man of the unit who died overseas, such as:

photos
information on any of these men's deaths
information on what platoon and squad they were in
know of any men who died but are not on the list

Wesley Johnston
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So they will not be “Forgot”

There is a word
Which bears a sword
It hurls its barbed syllables,-
At once is mute again.
But where it fell
The saved will tell
On patriotic day,
Some epauletted brother
Gave his breath away.

Wherever runs the breathless sun,
Wherever roams the day,
There is its noiseless onset,
There is its victory!
Behold the keenest marksman!
The most accomplished shot!
Time’s sublimest target
Is a soul “forgot”!
----- Emily Dickinson

A Note for the Children of these Men

The American World War II Orphans Network (AWON) is an organization created by and for those who lost their father in World War II. AWON has an annual conference and a newsletter filled with useful information. Click here to go to the AWON web page and find those who share your experience.

147th Armored Signal Company Overseas Deaths in World War II

Soscia, Tec 5 Peter T. (32305019) - Company 147th Sig
- Died: March 8, 1945 - ?at or enroute to 96th Evacuation Hospital?
- Last Duty Location: vicinity of Euskirchen, Germany on March 8, 1945
- MOS: 650 (Telephone Switchboard Operator)
- Home State: NJ
- Buried at: Arlington National Cemetery; Arlington, VA; Section 12, grave 2883
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Steinman, Pvt. Galen H. (35284653) - Company 147th Sig
- Died: September 17, 1944 - 59th Field Hospital (vic. Metz, France - died at 2000)
- Last Duty Location: 1 mi West of Waville, France VU6749 on September 17, 1944
- MOS: 766 (Radio Operator, High Speed, Manual)
- Home State: OH
- Buried at: Lorraine USMC (St. Avold, France) F-11-36
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Yeardley, Pvt. Ernest A. (36118167) - Company 147th Sig
- Died: March 14, 1945 - ?Hospital?
- Last Duty Location: vicinity of Euskirchen, Germany on March 8, 1945
- MOS: 650 (Telephone Switchboard Operator)
- Home State: MI
- Buried at: Forest Lawn Cemetery; Detroit, MI
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