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Personal info

Full name
CHAMBERS, Lester Carroll
Date of birth
10 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Hewett, Boone County, West Virginia
Hometown
Hewett, Boone County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35434800
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Puzieux-Delme, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 1 6

Immediate family

Members
Dennie B. Chambers (father)
Chattie B. Chambers (mother)
Inice M. Chambers (sister)
Mina M. Chambers (sister)
Ellen F. Chambers (sister)
Willard W. Chambers (brother)
Raymond E. Chambers (brother)
Icy P. Chambers (sister)
Carl Chambers (brother)
Audrey Chambers (sister)
Ethel Chambers (sister)
Dora Chambers (sister)
Orwin Chambers (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Lester C. Chambers worked in the family business before he enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 3 July 1942.

He was killed by a bullet in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Len