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Personal info

Full name
DEARINGER, Lester F
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Rush County, Indiana
Hometown
Rushville, Rush County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35906848
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Near Niederwürzbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 11 15

Immediate family

Members
Courtney S. Dearinger (father)
Lillie H. (Dunlap) Dearinger (mother)
Norma Dearinger (sister)
William Dearinger (brother)
Richard G. Dearinger (brother)

More information

Pvt Lester F. Dearinger attended high school for 3 years and was a metal worker before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 17 August 1944.

He went overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Sharon Johnson Stark Family Tree / 1930 census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com