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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Lester Wilford
Date of birth
24 July 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
San Francisco County, California
Hometown
Coalinga, Fresno County, California

Military service

Service number
39095950
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 December 1944
Place of death
Gros-Réderching, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 26 30

Immediate family

Members
Alverta M. Johnson (sister)

More information

T/5 Lester W. Johnson attended college for one year and was a cook before he enlisted in San Francisco, California on 18 July 1942.
He was killed by small arms fire.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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