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Personal info

Full name
CLOUD, Lester Carey
Date of birth
5 September 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Fresno, Fresno County, California
Hometown
Piedmont, Alameda County, California

Military service

Service number
39097453
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bergzabern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 38 35

Immediate family

Members
Hallett R. Cloud (father)
Amanda A. (Green) Cloud (mother)
Walter C. Cloud (brother)
Lola M. Cloud (sister)
Virgil H. Cloud (brother)
Opal I. Cloud (sister)
Maynard P. Forrest (half-brother)
Bernice (Burtell) Cloud (wife)

More information

T/5 Lester C. Cloud enlisted in San Francisco, California on 28 July 1942.

He was divorced from his wife in 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 142ndaar-.pdf / https://36th-id/frb/io
Photo source: ,www.ancestry.com - gebased