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PVT Lester A Welch

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PVT Lester A Welch

Birth
Iowa, USA
Death
15 Aug 1944 (aged 37)
Corville, Departement de l'Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
Burial
Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
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Plot O, Row 4, Grave 10
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PVT. Welch, Lester A
Service number: 36326944

Age: 37
Born: December 31, 1906, Iowa, USA
Hometown: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Family:
Ferdinand "Frank" D. Welch (father)
Edith A. (nee Rodenberger) Welch (mother)
Charley Welch (brother)
Ruth Welch (sister)
Elmer Welch (brother)
Harold Ralph Welch (brother)

Rank: Private
Function: Not available
Battalion: 129th Armored Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: B
Date of death: August 15, 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Corville, Departement de l'Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
Spot: Not available

Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

Grave number: Plot 0, Row 4, Grave 10
Cemetery:
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial
Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France

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PVT. Welch, Lester A
Service number: 36326944

Age: 37
Born: December 31, 1906, Iowa, USA
Hometown: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Family:
Ferdinand "Frank" D. Welch (father)
Edith A. (nee Rodenberger) Welch (mother)
Charley Welch (brother)
Ruth Welch (sister)
Elmer Welch (brother)
Harold Ralph Welch (brother)

Rank: Private
Function: Not available
Battalion: 129th Armored Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: B
Date of death: August 15, 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Corville, Departement de l'Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
Spot: Not available

Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

Grave number: Plot 0, Row 4, Grave 10
Cemetery:
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial
Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France

Date of enlistment:
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PVT 129 ORD BN 7 ARMD DIV ILLINOIS

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Entered the service from Illinois

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  • Maintained by: Son of the 7th
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56350238/lester_a-welch: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Lester A Welch (31 Dec 1906–15 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56350238, citing Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Son of the 7th (contributor 47067117).