Lester Kraft
SPENCER, Iowa - Lester Kraft, 74, of Spencer
died Monday at Spencer Municipal Hospital. Services will be at noon
Friday at Warner Chapel in Spencer, with military rites following the
service at the chapel. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service
Friday.
[Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, IA, 24 Dec 1997, Wed, Page 25] |
[Courtesy of Don Peterson]
Grave marker for Lester D. Kraft in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery, Primghar (O'Brien county), Iowa.
Lester registered for the draft in
Sibley, IA on 30 June 1942 but was not inducted into the Army until 26
July 1944. On 23 October 1945, Pfc Kraft
was transferred from the 101st Airborne Division to Co F, 508th PIR.
Pfc Kraft was listed as a passenger on
the SS Vulcania which arrived in New York, NY on 8 January 1946. He was discharged on 10 June 1947. |