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Personal info

Full name
FINK, Lester Uriah Jr
Date of birth
16 December 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Henry County, Ohio
Hometown
Fairview, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35049559
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bettingen-Wettlingen, west of Bitburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 7 20

Immediate family

Members
Lester U. Fink Sr. (father)
Kathryn C. (Schule) Fink (mother)
Richard C. Fink (brother)

More information

Pfc Lester U. Fink Jr. graduated from Fairview High School and was a metal grinder before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 20 February 1943.

His brother Richard served with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Masterfile Cindy Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Plain Dealer - 7 March 1945