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Personal info

Full name
EDER, Lester H
Date of birth
9 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Hardin County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35087957
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 32 15

Immediate family

Members
Leslie D. Eder (father)
Grace (Hamilton) Eder (mother)
Mary K. (McDaniel) Eder (wife)

More information

Pvt Lester H. Eder worked in an aircraft factory before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 27 May 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bayless And Lewis, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura S

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