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Personal info

Full name
GUDERIAN, Lester Loyd "Shorty"
Date of birth
4 May 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Satin, Falls County, Texas
Hometown
Falls County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O-683989
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
338th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
4 January 1944
Place of death
Near Lingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 10 26

Immediate family

Members
Gustav J. Guderian (father)
Emma A. (Wittner) Guderian (mother)
Elena E. Guderian (sister)
Holbert J. Guderian (brother)
Sophia J. Guderian (sister)
Selma S. Guderian (sister)
Arnold E. Guderian (brother)
Elora A. Guderian (sister)
Elton A. Guderian (brother)
Lydia Guderian (sister)
Harold Guderian (brother)
Andola Guderian (sister)
Alverna D. Guderian (sister)
Melton Guderian (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-5953
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Münster, Germany
Mission: Operational
MACR: 2017

More information

2nd Lt Lester L. Guderian attended Chilton High School and enlisted in 1942.

The aircraft collided with aircraft #42-30518, both going down.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Nancy Laster, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR 2016 and 2017, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Falls County, Texas