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Personal info

Full name
INGRAM, Lester
Date of birth
18 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Coleman, Elmore County, Alabama
Hometown
Newman, Elmore County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34975909
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kesternich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 9 10

Immediate family

Members
Theory O. Ingram (father)
Mary J. (Shaw) Ingram (mother)
Andrew Ingram (brother)
William A. Ingram (brother)
Woodson L. Ingram (brother)
Winston R. Ingram (brother)
Harvey D. Ingram (brother)
Artis H. Ingram (brother)
Vander I. Ingram (brother)
Theory J. Ingram (brother)
Lavell (Wall) Ingram (wife)

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, 1930 and 1940 US Census / www.ancestry.com, www.abmc.gov, ABMC / National Archives / www.wwiimemorial.com, ABMC/CWGC / www.findagrave.com, Ingram Family Tree by tbwmail / www.ancestry.com, U.S. Census Records, 1920, Coleman, Alabama, 78th Infantry Division “Lightning” Unit History,
http://www.78thinfantry.org/hq.htm, Alabama, County Marriages, 1805-1967

Photo source: Des Philippet / www.findagrave.com