Fred Faulkner Lester (April 29, 1926 – June 8, 1945) was a United States Navy hospital corpsman who was killed in action during World War II while assigned to a Marine Corps rifle company. He was posthumously awarded the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for heroic actions "above and beyond the call of duty" on June 8, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa.
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29 April 1926 Downers Grove, Illinois
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8 June 1945 (aged 19) Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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