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Personal info

Full name
HYATT, Lester Chamlee
Date of birth
14 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Adairsville, Battow County, Georgia
Hometown
Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34576567
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Near Epinal, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 20 5

Immediate family

Members
Jones C. Hyatt (father)
Laura M. (Flowers) Hyatt (mother)
Mary E. Hyatt (sister)
Millie F. Hyatt (sister)
Grady T. Hyatt (brother)

More information

Pfc Lester C. Hyatt enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 4 December 1942.

He is remembered at the Nathan Anderson Historic Cemetery in, Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Brandon S. Fletcher, James Tate