Cerro Gordo County

T/5 Lester H. Dorenkamp

 

 

Name Lester H. Dorenkamp
Address Meservey, Iowa
Entered Service August 3, 1942
Branch of Service Army
Trained Camp Wolters, Texas; Camp Bowie, Texas; Camp Stoneman, California
Embarkation February 10, 1943
Theatre of Operation Pacific
Awarded Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon
Returned to U.S.

November 24, 1944

Discharged Schick General Hospital, Clinton, Iowa, December 8, 1944
Rank Technician Fifth Grade
Served 28 months
Civilian Occupation Mechanic
Wife Leona Dorenkamp
Daughter Roseann Dorenkamp

Source: Service Record Book of Men & Women World War II, Meservey, Iowa, p. 10 (photo included)