Howard Patton Steadman was born on 24 February 1922, the son of George Kirk Steadman and Cordia Myrtle Barger. He married Helen Meade in Scott, Virginia on 29 December 1943.
He died 25 July 1944
News article The Kingsport Times, 27 August 1944.
Lost in the drive that cracked German resistance in Normandy, Cpl Howard Steadman is reported by the War Department to have been killed in France July 25 while serving as a combat engineer with the famed 30th Infantry Division.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. G.K. Steadman, Route 1, Kingsport, he had been in service since October 1942, and had been overseas seven months.
- Rank: Corporal
- Date of birth: 24 February 1922
- Date of death: 25 July 1944
- County: Sullivan
- Hometown: Kingsport
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 105th Engineers Combat Battalion, 30th Infantry Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Battles: Normandy Campaign
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Oak Hill Cemetery, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XVIII, Top Panel
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