*last update 7/23/2023

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - L surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Leahy, John       X
Leech, Richard M.       X
Leverson, Norman L.     X X
Lewis, Russell       X
Lovett, Kenneth Anthony X      

Wilbur Laverne Lesh was born Mar. 22, 1923 to Floyd T. and Flora A. Snethen Lesh. He died Apr. 19, 1945 and is buried in Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium. He is memorialized in Oak Ridge Memory Gardens, Independence, MO. 

Sgt. Lesh served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 3rd Air Division, 849th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, Heavy on B-17G #43-38701. He was KIA and awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com; fieldsofhonordatabase.com  


Clarence Lester “Lester” Lillie was born Sept. 19, 1898 to Nimrod A. and Charity Jane Finch Lillie. He died Oct. 12, 1948 and is buried in Leon Cemetery, Leon, IA.

Clarence served in World War II with the U.S. Army.

Source: ancestry.com



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Jul 2020; updated Jul 2023 

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