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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Lester
Date of birth
7 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Kent County, Texas
Hometown
Girard, Kent County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38700654
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dinslaken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 13 16

Immediate family

Members
Emma M. (Tatum) Beam (mother)
Clyde L. Beam (stepfather)
Ida J. Beam (half-sister)
Mary L. Beam (half-sister)
Elmer L. Beam (half-brother)
Bennie Beam (half-brother)
Bertha M. Beam (half-sister)
Annette Beam (half-sister)
Jeanette Beam (half-sister)

More information

Pfc. Lester Smith was killed in action during the Rhine river crossing operation.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Family Trees, www.fold3.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Walter Wilhoit