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Personal info

Full name
PRESTON, Strother J
Date of birth
17 February 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Hometown
Blandville, Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35695225
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
38th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
Gemünd, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 16 22

Immediate family

Members
Herbert S. Preston (father)
Lottie R. (Ford) Preston (mother)
Verdie R. Preston (sister)
Junior C. Preston (brother)
Harold Preston (brother)
Earl D. Preston (brother)
Kenneth R. Preston (brother)
Virda R. Preston (sister)

More information

Pfc Strother J. Preston enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 26 January 1943 and was sent overseas in September 1944.
He was a lifestock farmer before he enlisted and is remembered at the Custer Cemetery in Custer, Breckinridge County, Kentucky.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Various Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Annie / Brittany (Maddox) Preston, The Courier Journal - 8 May 1945