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Personal info

Full name
HAGINS, Lester Elbert
Date of birth
6 September 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Lamar. Barton County, Missouri
Hometown
Lamar, Barton County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
20756354
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
22 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 44 13

Immediate family

Members
Roy T. Hagins (father)
Nora V. (Webb) Hagins (mother)
Mildred L. Hagins (sister)
Marvin Evans (half-brother)
Janis E. (Ryan) Hagins (wife)
Shirley J. Hagins (daughter)

More information

Pvt Lester E. Hagins joined the National Guard at Camp Polk, Missouri on 16 September 1940.

He died in a hospital in France of wounds received on 15 March.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Wisconsin, U.S., Bith Records / 1930/1940 Census / 142ndaar-.pdf / www.newspapers.com - Joplin Globe - 5 April 1945 / https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / www.ancestry.com - Katherine Ann Hillen Renfroe