Rank/Rate	Seaman, First Class
Service Number	207 36 15
Birth Date	March 19, 1924
From	Thomaston, Connecticut
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Grayback (SS-208)
Loss Date	February 26, 1944
Location	Near 25° 47'N x 128° 45'E, south of Okinawa
Circumstances	Sunk by air attack
Remarks	Lester was born in Waterbury, Connecticut.

Photo courtesy of Larry Gavlak, nephew of Grayback shipmate Charles B. Gavlak.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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