Fred Faulkner Lester, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFred Faulkner Lester
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1926
Place of Birth: Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 08-Jun-1945
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Fred Faulkner Lester
- Fred Faulkner Lester (April 29, 1926 – June 8, 1945) was a United States Navy hospital corpsman who was killed in action during World War II while assigned to a Marine Corps rifle company.
- He was posthumously awarded the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for heroic actions "above and beyond the call of duty" on June 8, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. Lester was buried at Clarendon Hills Cemetery in Darien, Illinois.
- The destroyer escort USS Lester (DE-1022) was named in his honor, as was Camp Lester, a Marine Corps installation, at Chatan, Okinawa, Japan, the former site of U.S.
- Naval Hospital Okinawa.
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