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Personal info

Full name
TATEM, Lester Horace
Date of birth
14 November 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Washington Magesterial District, Norfolk County, Virginia
Hometown
Norfolk, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33853023
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ralshoven, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 9 18

Immediate family

Members
Holloway M. Tatem (father)
Ada (Stokes) Tatem (mother)
Irma Tatem (sister)
Louis S. Tatem (brother)
Howard V. Tatem (brother)
Nellie M. (Sawyer) Tatem (wife)

More information

Pfc Lester H. Tatem enlisted on 11 January 1944 in Richmond, Virginia.

He was married to Nellie Marie Sawyer on 11 April 1941.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal postumously for succeeding to silence a hostile gun, regardless of being mortally wounded.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com - Ozark Researcher, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Marriage Record, http://ozarks102id.org, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Virginian-Pilot - 21 March 1945