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Personal info

Full name
LEWIS, Lemuel Jackson Jr "Lem"
Date of birth
7 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Pineville, Smith County, Mississippi
Hometown
Smith County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34420389
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
66th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Baesweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 15 2

Immediate family

Members
Lemuel J. Lewis (father)
Prudy (Jones) Lewis (mother)
William H. Lewis (brother)
Lois E. Lewis (brother)
Beatrice M. Lewis (sister)
Sidney F. Lewis (brother)
Ava D. Lewis (sister)
John T. Lewis (brother)

More information

T/4 Lemuel J. Lewis is remembered at the Leaf River Baptist Church in Pineville, Smith County, Mississippi.

His brother Sidney F. Lewis also died during WWII and is also buried at Margraten.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 66th Armored Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Petty-Lewis Family Tree