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Personal info

Full name
LESCANEC, William Anthony
Date of birth
3 January 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Steelton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33164685
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Outside Boulay-Moselle, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 32 19

Immediate family

Members
Louis F. Lescanec (father)
Catherine H. (Matjasic) Lescanec (mother)
Jean Lescanec (sister)
Louis F. Lescanec Jr. (brother)
Isabel K. Lescanec (sister)
Edward M. Lescanec (brother)
Gilbert L. Lescanec (brother)

More information

T/4 William A. Lescanec was a graduate of Steelton High School and associated with his father in the meat and grocery business before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 20 March 1942. He trained at Camp Lee, Va.; Camp Pickett, Va.; Ft. McClellan, Ala.; Camp Hood, Tex., and Camp Blanding Fla. He was reported killed Thanksgiving Day.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Jamin, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1940 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Jamin, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph