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Personal info

Full name
HUCKELBERY, Lestle Jewell
Date of birth
10 March 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Greene County, Arlansas
Hometown
Dunklin County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37645701
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
In the vinicity of Ahlsdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 2 14

Immediate family

Members
James W. Huckelbery (father)
Ora M. (Stevens) Huckelbery (mother)
Esker B. Huckelbery (brother)
Raymond J. Huckelbery (brother)
Avion H. Huckelbery (brother)
Jack L. Huckelbery (brother)
Mary F. (Porter) Huckelbery (wife)
Shirly A. Huckelbery (daughter)
Lestle J. Huckelbery (son)

More information

Pvt Lestle J. Huckelbery worked on a farm before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 24 August 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, S. Hooker