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Personal info

Full name
KNUTSON, Lester Cleburn
Date of birth
17 September 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Prairie Farm, Barron County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Radisson, Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36237163
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bliesbruck, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 27 35

Immediate family

Members
Ole Knutson (father)
Sophia (Hovind) Knutson (mother)
Arnold K. Knutson (brother)
Geneva M. Knutson (sister)
Opal S. Knutson (sister)
Olaf T. Knutson (brother)
Gladys A. Knutson (sister)
George A. Knutson (brother)
Iris J. Knutson (sister)
Stanley A. Knutson (brother)

More information

Pfc Lester C. Knutson enlisted at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 6 March 1942.
He was killed by a gunshot to the head.

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