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SGT Lester Fairfax Hughes

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SGT Lester Fairfax Hughes Veteran

Birth
Davis, Tucker County, West Virginia, USA
Death
31 Oct 1918 (aged 22)
Saint-Juvin, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Burial
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot B, Row 13, Grave 13.
Memorial ID
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Registered of the draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Home of Record: Davis, Tucker County, West Virginia.
His unit was in action in the vicinity of Saint-Juvin when he died of wounds.

The mother of Sgt. Lester F. Hughes, Ida F. (Henry) Hughes, at the invitation of the U.S. Govt. (Pilgrimage of Mothers and Widows of Soldiers, etc. interred in Cemeteries in Europe), traveled from Davis in Tucker Co., WV, to New York, NY, where she continued her trip via the steamship "George Washington" on July 29, 1931, to visit the place where her son was buried in France who died from his wounds on Oct. 31, 1918 less than two weeks before the end of World War I.
Registered of the draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Home of Record: Davis, Tucker County, West Virginia.
His unit was in action in the vicinity of Saint-Juvin when he died of wounds.

The mother of Sgt. Lester F. Hughes, Ida F. (Henry) Hughes, at the invitation of the U.S. Govt. (Pilgrimage of Mothers and Widows of Soldiers, etc. interred in Cemeteries in Europe), traveled from Davis in Tucker Co., WV, to New York, NY, where she continued her trip via the steamship "George Washington" on July 29, 1931, to visit the place where her son was buried in France who died from his wounds on Oct. 31, 1918 less than two weeks before the end of World War I.

Inscription

SERGT. 319 FIELD ART. 82 DIV.
PENNSYLVANIA



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  • Maintained by: Doc Wilson
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 5, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55959973/lester_fairfax-hughes: accessed ), memorial page for SGT Lester Fairfax Hughes (26 Feb 1896–31 Oct 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55959973, citing Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France; Maintained by Doc Wilson (contributor 47464039).