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Personal info

Full name
CARLISLE, Lester C
Date of birth
6 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Alachua, Alachua County, Florida
Hometown
Andrews, Georgetown County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34539296
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Moussey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 6 69

Immediate family

Members
Henry H. Carlisle (father)
Stella (Stalvey) Carlisle (mother)
Gladys M. Carlisle (sister)
Horace E. Carlisle (brother)
Elvin H. Carlisle (brother)
Elizabeth Carlisle (sister)
Elsie Carlisle (sister)
Elaine Carlisle (sister)
Wilbur Carlisle (brother)

More information

Pfc Lester C. Carlisle was a maintenance painter before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 7 January 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments on his thigh and arm.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Smith Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy