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Steele, Harry, MG USA(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Benton County
Date of Passing Mar 31, 1938
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Direct commission to 2LT, Artillery in July 1898.
Quartermaster Corps, Nov 1915 - May 1918.
Coast Artillery Corps, May 1918 - Mar 1936.
Chief, Coast Artillery Corps, Jan 1935 - Mar 1936.
The War Department existed from 1789 until September 18, 1947, when it split into Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force and joined the Department of the Navy as part of the new joint National Military Establishment (NME), renamed the United States Department of Defense in 1949.