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Personal info

Full name
WILK, Lester C
Date of birth
2 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35022704
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
35th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gotha, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 20 2

Immediate family

Members
Harry W. Wilk (father)
Sophie (Mueller) Wilk (mother)
Violet J. Wilk (sister)

More information

Sgt Lester C. Wilk graduated from Collinwood High School and was employed at Central Brass Manufacturing Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 13 May 1941.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Ohio Birth Index / United States Obituary Collection

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Karen Bruch