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Surnames: ZEIGLER
Classification: biography
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World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Name: Lester W Zeigler
Inducted From: Indiana
Rank: Private First Class
Combat Organization: 1st Infantry 6th Division
Death Date: 17 Mar 1945
Monument: Fort William McKinley, Manila, The Philippines
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
ROSTERS OF WAR DEAD
Name: Lester W Zeigler
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Protestant
Cemetery Name: Fort McKinley, (Permanent Cemetery), Manila, Philippine Islands
Grave number: d 4 135
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Private First Class
Service Number: 35347921
ENLISTS
Name: Lester W Zeigler
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Indiana
State of Residence: Indiana
County or City: Hamilton
Enlistment Date: 14 Nov 1942
Enlistment State: Ohio
Enlistment City: Toledo
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: 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
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Farm hands, general farms
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 63
Weight: 144
1920
Benjaman Zeigler 44
Ida Zeigler 32
Harrold Zeigler 13
Glen Zeigler 10
Maurice Zeigler 8
Opal Zeigler 6
Howard Zeigler 3 3/12
Lester Zeigler 3/12
Home in 1920: Union, De Kalb, Indiana
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