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Personal info

Full name
GARRETSON, Lee R
Date of birth
24 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Big Lake, Reagan County, Texas
Hometown
Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39282167
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Leyr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 44

Immediate family

Members
John R. Garretson (father)
Manuela (Valverdes) Garretson (mother)
Frances C. Garretson (sister)
John R. Garretson Jr. (brother)
Ethel M. Garretson (sister)
Eva Garretson (sister)
Mary L. Garretson (sister)
Viola Garretson (sister)
Joe Garretson (brother)

More information

Pvt Lee R. Garretson attended high school for four years and was a structural- and ornamental-metal worker before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 8 February 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / Garretson Nichols Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton

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