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Personal info

Full name
LEGER, Lester
Date of birth
24 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Saint Landry, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Saint Landry, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38491411
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
Near Saint-Hubert, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 86

Immediate family

Members
Leo Leger (father)
Odette Leger (mother)
Louis Leger (brother)
Alcee Leger (brother)
Leodies Leger (brother)
Lydie Leger (sister)
Leo Leger (brother)
Edgar Leger (brother)

More information

Pvt Lester Leger was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten