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Personal info

Full name
GRAHAM, Lester William
Date of birth
27 June 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana
Hometown
Akron, Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35230060
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Near Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 3 13

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Graham (father)
Martha (Pew) Graham (mother)
Glen Graham (brother)
Nydia V. (Glasco) Graham (wife)

More information

Sgt Lester W. Graham he was employed at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.

He enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 7 June 1943 and was sent overseas in June 1944.

He was wounded in action in France on 11 November 1944 for which he was awerded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Summit County Ohio Marriage Records, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Akron Beacon Journal - 27 November 1944