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SPANGLER, Lester Frank - Date of
birth
2 June 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio -
Hometown
Defiance County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35018610 -
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade -
Function
Tank Driver -
Unit
B Company,
771st Tank Battalion
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
2 December 1944 - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 8 | 8 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Henry R. Spangler (father)
Ruth Spangler (mother)
Ernest Spangler (brother)
Robert Spangler (brother)
Ida M. Spangler (sister)
Glen Spangler (brother)
More information
T/4 Lester F. Spangler attended Sherwood High School and was employed as a truck driver for McConnell Truckline.He enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 28 May 1941.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Grover Blalock, Terry Hirsch, Angie Antoine, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Ernest H. Spangler, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, After Action Reports - December 1944, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Angie Antoine, Book by Defiance Co. Ohio ca 1947 via Grover Blalock