Born: 1915
Killed in Action (MIA): October 24, 1944 while serving on the USS Princeton.

U.S. Navy
Rank: Chief Warrant Officer
Task Group 38.3

After attending Hopewell High School and before entering the Navy in 1933, Chief Steele worked at Hercules in Hopewell.  

At the time of his death, Chief Steele was survived by his parents, Mr. & Mrs. James C. Steele, Sr. and one brother, Ralph Steele.

Memorialized on the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial where his name is inscribed on the Wall of the Missing.