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Personal info

Full name
HALL, Lester Lafollette
Date of birth
12 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Greenville County, South Carolina
Hometown
Charlottesville, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33885421
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
Near Merzig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 5 16

Immediate family

Members
Caleb A. Hall (father)
Alice (Smith) Hall (mother)
Ophelia Hall (sister)
Caleb A. Hall (brother)
Jackson E. Hall (brother)
Gladys E. (Ray) Hall (wife)

More information

Pfc Lester L. Hall attended high school for one year and was a foreman before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 24 April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

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 / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Coleman, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery