Lester Thomas Schmitt was born Mar. 7, 1925 to Louis and Edith Mikesh Schmitt. He died July 3, 1944 and is buried in Holy Trinity Church Cemetery, Protivin, IA.
Pvt. Schmitt served in World War II with the U.S. Army Co. B, 762nd Tank Battalion and was KIA on Saipan Island, Marianas Islands.
Source: ancestry.com
