Lester Felagle

Personal Information

Birthplace: Solomon, Kansas

Service Information

Branch of Service: Army

Unit: 161st Field Artillery 35th Infantry Division

Theater of Operation: European

Enlisted / Commissioned: Feb 19, 1941

Discharged: Oct 7, 1945

Honored By: Wife Marjorie Fleagle, Children Marjorie Huse, Linda Marcotte, Gerald Fleagle, Sharon Taplin

Biography

Lester and all five brothers in his family served in WWII. They were Lester, Arthur, George, Eugene, and Henry (killed in action, buried in France). Lester took basic training at Camp Joseph T. Robinson in Little Rock Arkansas. From there he went to Camp San Luis Obispo, California, Camp Rucker, Ozark, Alabama, and Camp Butner, North Carolina. He was married in Alabama in 1943. In May, 1944 he went to England aboard the SS Edmund B. Alexander and from there to Europe. Battles and campaigns that Lester was in were the Battle of the Bulge, Campaigns; Normandy, Northern France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland and Germany in the 161 Field Artillery. He received an American Defense Service Ribbon and a Good Conduct Medal. After the war, he worked for Seymour Packing Co. and for Belle Springs Creamery, Abilene, Kansas.