Eisenhower Foundation
Lester E. Hoard
Lester E. Hoard
Army
LESTER
E.
HOARD
Mar 22, 1905 - May 18, 1980
BIRTHPLACE: Hamilton, Texas
SOLDIER DETAILS
HIGHEST RANK: Corporal
DIVISION:
Army
, 803rd Engineer Battalion
THEATER OF OPERATION:
Pacific
HONORED BY: Nieces, Mary Boop and Wanda Lang; and Nephew, Jack Straley
BIOGRAPHY
Corporal L.E. Hoard was a prisoner of war from November 1, 1941 to September 7, 1945. He was prisoner number 3840. He was in the Bataan Death March Camp in the Tokyo Bay Area.