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Personal info

Full name
BONKOSKY, Lester Verne
Date of birth
18 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
McFarland, Kern County, California
Hometown
Delano, Kern County, California

Military service

Service number
39585203
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
Arnoldsweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 7 33

Immediate family

Members
Herman Bonkosky (father)
Hermine Bonkosky (mother)

More information

Pvt Lester V. Bonkosky was a graduate of the Delano Joint Union High School with the class of 1941, and attended Fullerton Junior College for two years. He worked in an aircraft factory.

He enlisted at Fort MacArthur San Pedro, California on 6 May 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, https://newspaperarchive.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, Santa Ana register