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Personal info

Full name
STEPANEK, Lester Frank
Date of birth
8 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Hometown
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
O-1311827
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vic-sur-Seille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 9 47

Immediate family

Members
John F. Stepanek (father)
Marie (Anderlik) Stepanek (mother)
Joseph N. Stepanek (brother)
John G. Stepanek (brother)
Harold G. Stepanek (brother)
Helen M. Stepanek (sister)
Anna M. Stepanek (sister)
Eunice R. Stepanek (sister)
Jeanne E. (Blaylock) Stepanek (former wife)
Dean Stepanek (son)

More information

1st Lt Lester F. Stepanek attended Wilson High School for four years and was a shipping and receiving clerk before he enlisted at Fort Des Moines, Iowa on 11 June 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He 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.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Iowa WWII Bonus Case Files / The Clark Anderlik Project / Iowa Marriage Records, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – The Gazette 29 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – The Gazette 23 April 1944