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Personal info

Full name
LEHMAN, Jay Earl
Date of birth
2 November 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Rapho, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33235620
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Near Best, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 11 9

Immediate family

Members
Dora S. Lehman (sister)

More information

Pfc Lehman enlisted on 10 July 1942 and was sent overseas in August 1943. He participated in the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.newspapers.com - The Evening News, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Joel Frampton Gilfert