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Personal info

Full name
LERMA, Sisto Lara
Date of birth
28 March 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
Hometown
Lyons, Rice County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37748211
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 April 1945
Place of death
Near Kirchheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 44 26

Immediate family

Members
Mike Lerma (father)

More information

Pvt Sisto L. Lerma was employed at the American Salt Plant before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 28 July 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - R & S, www.10tharmored.com
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