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Personal info

Full name
FENSTER, Lyal Alvin
Date of birth
19 February 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Larson, Burke County, North Dakota
Hometown
Columbus, Burke County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
37327071
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Laudrefang, Longeville-les-St. Avold, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 30 13

Immediate family

Members
Alvin H. Fenster (father)
Joseph Souther (stepfather)
Era E. (Wilke) Fenster (mother)
Albert H. Fenster (brother)
Mildred A. Fenster (sister)
Laila M. Fenster (sister)
Alice E. Fenster (sister)
Richard R. Fenster (brother)
Delmar Souther (half-brother)
Allen D. Souther (half-brother)
Earl Souther (half-brother)

More information

Sgt Lyal A. Fenster was unemployed when he enlisted on 16 February 1942.

He was killed by wounds at his thorax.

On 21 December 1944, his half-brother Delmar Souther was killed in action. He is buried at Henri-Chapelle.

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