WWII
WWII
Francis Ladon Hester
Rate / Rank
PFC
Birthdate
October 1 1925
Date of Death
November 15 2005
Branch
US Army
Active Duty Service
April 28 1944 - May 7 1946
Conflicts & Campaigns
- Siegburg; Czechoslovakia
- European Theater of Operations March 3, 1945 - June 16, 1945
- Pacific Theater of Operations October 6, 1945 - April 16, 1946
Significant Duty Stations
- Inducted; Fort McPherson, Georgia.
- Company D, 303rd Infantry
- Discharged; Fort McPherson, Georgia.
Decorations & Citations
- Combat Infantryman Badge
- European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one battle star
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal Order of the Bronze Lion
- American Campaign Medal; Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal
- Sharpshooter (carbine); Marksman (rifle)
Notes
US Army service number 44-050-083. Born; Cairo, Georgia. Attended Cairo High School. Operated Whigham Dry Cleaners for 40 years and also drove a school bus for the Grady County Board of Education for 25 years. Burial; Woodlawn Cemetery, Whigham, Georgia.