Rank and Name, Private First Class Edward Lester.
Unit/Placed in, 1866th Engineer Battalion, Aviation.
The 1892nd Engineer Aviation Battalion was a United States Army Air Forces unit activated on 1 May 1943 at Gowen Field (Army Air Base) in Boise, Idaho. The battalion was responsible for building, maintaining, and patrolling runways throughout the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Edward is born approx. on 1923 in Chamberly, Georgia.
Father, John Lester.
Mother, Addie L. Lester.
Sister(s), Lucile Lester.
Brother(s), James and Thomas Lester.
Edward enlisted the service in Georgia with service number # 34740154.
Edward died no record on Jan. 19, 1945, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Edward is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892nd_Engineer_Aviation_Battalion_(United_States)
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
