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Lester Lavern Metzger

Lester Lavern Metzger

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Torpedoman's Mate, First Class
Service Number 316 54 98
Birth Date August 25, 1916
From North Bend, Nebraska
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Gudgeon (SS-211)
Loss Date April 18, 1944
Location Off Iwo Jima
Circumstances Probably sunk by air attack
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  Photo and information courtesy of Kirk Metzger, grandnephew.

 

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