Lester P. McCabe

  • ASN:
    37733331
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    Jan 31, 1921
  • DATE OF DEATH
    Nov 20, 1991
FULL NAME:

Lester P. McCabe

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

37733331

  • DATE OF BIRTH: Jan 31, 1921
  • DATE OF DEATH: Nov 20, 1991
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Jul 3, 1944
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    9th Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Unknown
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Private First Class (Pfc.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Light Machine Gunner
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Purple Heart, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖WWII Victory Medal, 🎖Honorable Service Lapel Button, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Wounded In Action (WIA)
  • DATE:
    March 10, 1945
  • LOCATION:
    Near Bad Breisig, Germany
  • NOTES:
    Diagnosis: Fracture, compound, comminuted with nerve involvement only; Location: Humerus, Shaft; Location: Muscles and Fasciae of the arm, other; CausativeAgent: Bullet, Rifle; Diagnosis: Atrophy or paralysis of muscle.
HONORED BY:

Clinton McCabe, Grandson

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File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

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SOLDIER RECORD:
Full Name
Lester P McCabe
Army Serial Number
37733331
Enlistment Place
Ft Leavenworth Kansas
Enlistment Date
3 Jul 1944
Army Branch
No branch assignment
Service Branch
Army
Race or Ethnicity
White
Residence
Russell County, Kansas
Enlistment Term
Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Source of Army Personnel
Civil Life
Army Component
Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Level of Education
4 years of high school
Occupation
Foremen, manufacturing
Marital Status
Married
Birth Date
1921
Birth Place
Oklahoma

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