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Personal info

Full name
LUCAS, Lester Maurice
Date of birth
15 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
District of Columbia
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia

Military service

Service number
33889222
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Condorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 5 84

Immediate family

Members
Richard J. Lucas (father)
Henrietta M. (Depenbrock) Lucas (mother)
Margaret Lucas (sister)
Dorothy Lucas (sister)
Henrietta Lucas (sister)
Richard B. Lucas (brother)
Geraldine Lucas (sister)
Emily C. Lucas (sister)
Layman J. Lucas (brother)
Lestor M. Lucas (brother)
Sarah R. (Barekman) Lucas (wife)
Ruth A. Lucas (daughter)

More information

Pfc Lester M. Lucas enlisted at Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland on 25 May 1944.

He attended 2 years of high school and was a industry clerk before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Musser-Lucas Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery