Name:
Steve Seyebe
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-1284034
Unit:
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Date of Death:
1944-09-20
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey
Plot:
Section G
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Steve Seyebe was born on February 18, 1918, in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. He was the son of Lajos Sejebi and Lajosne Sejebi.
He served in Company G, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, as a First Lieutenant during World War II. He was Killed in action on September 20, 1944, during Operation Market Garden while participating in the Waal River crossing, the heroic crossing that liberated Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was one of the 49 paratroopers killed during the assault on German positions on the opposite bank. 1Lt Seyebe is now buried in the Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.