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Personal info

Full name
LEE, Lester W
Date of birth
4 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Alabama
Hometown
Walker County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34803457
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
Monschau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 2 54

Immediate family

Members
Lander Lee (father)
Ada M. (Lawson) Lee (mother)
Charles F. Lee (brother)

More information

Lester W. Lee worked on a farm.

He enlisted at Fort McClennan, Alabama on 16 April 1943.

Pvt Lee was killed by rifle fire. His comrades immediately went to aid him, but he died instantly.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / DuFresne Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Daily Mountain Eagle - 28 June 1945