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Personal info

Full name
LEHMAN, George Espy
Date of birth
2 November 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland
Hometown
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33720120
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Treuen - Rodewisch, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 20 27

Immediate family

Members
William E. Lehman (father)
Lillian (Horchler) Lehman (mother)
William E. Lehman Jr. (brother)
Naomi (Greene) Lehman (wife)

More information

Pfc George E. Lehman attended Allegany High School in Cumberland, Maryland. He was employed by the Queen City Brewing Company.

He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 8 April 1943.

Pfc Lehman trained as a pilot at Maxwell Field, Alabama for pre-flight training, but was transferred to the infantry in September 1944 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

His wife, Mrs. Naomi Greene Lehman died in February 1945 and he did not learn of her death until a month before he was killed.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Headstone an Interment Record, www.87thinfantrydivision.com, www.newspapers.com - Cumberland Evening Times

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, https://newspaperarchive.com, www.ancestry.com - Allegany High School Yearbook 1934