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Personal info

Full name
STEWART, Lester Franklin
Date of birth
26 April 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Pickens County, South Carolina
Hometown
Pickens County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
14047311
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 October 1944
Place of death
In the area of the canal east of Deurne, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 2 24

Immediate family

Members
Oscar Stewart (father)
Lakie Stewart (mother)
Lonnie Stewart (brother)
Sylvo/Laylvo Stewart (brother)
Margie Stewart (sister)
Bethel Stewart (sister)
Dean Stewart (brother)
Edrew Stewart (brother)
Charles Stewart (brother)
Bullie Stewart (brother)
Deicel Stewart (brother)
Hugh Stewart (brother)
Lillian A. (Hayes) Stewart (wife)

More information

Pfc Lester F. Stewart enlisted at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia on 27 February 1941.

He had been overseas four months.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 7thArmoredDivision, The Greenville News 

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Greenville News, Hannah Majewski - Susan Stewart