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LtCdr Lester Herman Kern
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LtCdr Lester Herman Kern Veteran

Birth
Maryland, USA
Death
24 Nov 1943 (aged 41)
At Sea
Monument
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
Plot
Courts of the Missing
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Husband of Katharine Schuerholz Kern who resided in Baltimore, Maryland during the war.

Lester served as a Lieutenant Commander, U.S.S. Liscome Bay (CVE-56), U.S. Navy during World War II.

He resided in Texas prior to the war.

He was declared "Missing In Action" when the Liscome Bay was sunk by the Japanese ship I-175 off Makin during the war. He was awarded a Purple Heart.

Service # 0-058082

( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Husband of Katharine Schuerholz Kern who resided in Baltimore, Maryland during the war.

Lester served as a Lieutenant Commander, U.S.S. Liscome Bay (CVE-56), U.S. Navy during World War II.

He resided in Texas prior to the war.

He was declared "Missing In Action" when the Liscome Bay was sunk by the Japanese ship I-175 off Makin during the war. He was awarded a Purple Heart.

Service # 0-058082

( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )

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