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Personal info

Full name
WINEBRENNER, Lester Ignatius "Bud"
Date of birth
29 October 1905
Age
39
Place of birth
Emmitsburg, Fredrick County, Maryland
Hometown
Fairfield, Adams County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33168896
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
23 March 1945
Place of death
Bad Orb, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 29 44

Immediate family

Members
William N. Winebrenner (father)
Laura V. (Myers) Winebrenner (mother)
Sarah M. Winebrenner (sister)
Rosa E. Winebrenner (sister)
Margaret R. Winebrenner (sister)

More information

Pfc Lester I. Winebrenner worked on a farm before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 7 April 1942. He was sent overseas in February 1944.

He was reported missing in action in Belgium on 4 January 1945 and died in Stalag IX-B from malnutrition.

He is also remembered at the St. Joseph's Cemetery in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / R D Smith Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Max
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Cari Dobbs, www.ancestry.com - Donald Berry