Lester Lee Petermann, age 90, died at home on July 25, 2011. He was born July 20, 1921, in Fredericksburg, Texas. He is preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Minnie Petermann; sister, Margaret Waugh and brother, Roland Petermann. He is survived by his wife, Joan; his daughter, Joy and husband, Dalton Fromme of Fredericksburg, Texas; his step-son, Tommie Whitley and wife, Brenda, of New Iberia, La.; his sister, Peggy Davis, of San Antonio, Texas and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Lester served in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps during World War II. He received the Presidential Unit Citation as a navy corpsman with the marines at Guadalcanal and the Purple Heart and The Navy and Marine Corp Medal serving as a Chief Pharmacist's Mate aboard the U.S.S. LST 499 at Normandy.
He graduated from Southwestern University. Georgetown, Texas, and received a Master of Science degree from Columbia University in the City of New York. He was an economist with the Department of Labor in Washington, D.C.
After living in Alexandria, Va. and spending weekends at his farm in Richardsville in Culpeper County, Les and Joan moved to the town of Culpeper where they have been very happy for the last 20 years.
He was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, VFW Post 2524 and the Guadalcanal Veterans Campaign. He was a volunteer for the Food Closet and a member of the Veterans Recognition Committee. He enjoyed travel, bridge, reading and gardening.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Hospice of the Rapidan, P.O. Box 1715, Culpeper, VA 22701, or St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 1200 Old Rixeyville Road, Culpeper, VA 22701.
The family will receive friends at St. Luke's Lutheran Church on Monday, August 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, August 2, 2011, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church with Pastor Ken Martin officiating. Interment will follow at the Culpeper National Cemetery, 501 E. Chandler St., Culpeper, VA 22701 with military honors provided by V.F.W. Post 2524 Honor Guard and American Legion Post 330.
Published in The Culpeper Star-Exponent on July 28, 2011
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Chief Pharmacist's Mate Lester Lee Petermann was born in 1920 in Fredericksburg, Texas, to farmer Ernest Petermann and his wife Minnie. Lester enlisted in the Navy in 1939 and trained as a Pharmacist's Mate. By 1941 he was assigned to a medical battalion attached to the 2nd Marine Division in San Diego. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the 2nd Marine Division deployed to the South Pacific and participated in the Guadalcanal Campaign that began in August 1942, with Lester serving in Samoa, New Zealand and the Solomon Islands for six months. Returning to the United States, Lester worked at military bases in Oklahoma and New York before deploying to England for the planned D-Day landings in Normandy, France. Assigned to LST-499 (Landing Ship Tank), Lester and his shipmates carried troops, vehicles and supplies to Utah Beach in support of the 4th Infantry Division assault on June 6, 1944. Two days later LST-499 struck a German mine off of Utah Beach and began sinking. Though seriously wounded Lester supervised the removal of casualties, searched the sinking ship for other wounded and once aboard a rescue ship continued treating the survivors. In addition to a Purple Heart Lester was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the highest Navy non-combat decoration for heroism. A young Lieutenant John F. Kennedy received the same decoration for his actions following the sinking of PT-109 in the South Pacific. Lester returned to the United States after recovering from his injuries and after World War II left the Navy. Taking advantage of the GI Bill he attended Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, and also received a Master of Science degree from Columbia University in New York City. Lester worked for the Department of Labor in Washington, DC, as an economist before he and his wife Joan retired to their Richardsville farm in Culpeper County. They eventually moved to Culpeper, where Lester passed away in 2011. Lester is buried in Section 12 of Culpeper National Cemetery.
Contributor: Jeff Joyce (50121312)
Lester served in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps during World War II. He received the Presidential Unit Citation as a navy corpsman with the marines at Guadalcanal and the Purple Heart and The Navy and Marine Corp Medal serving as a Chief Pharmacist's Mate aboard the U.S.S. LST 499 at Normandy.
He graduated from Southwestern University. Georgetown, Texas, and received a Master of Science degree from Columbia University in the City of New York. He was an economist with the Department of Labor in Washington, D.C.
After living in Alexandria, Va. and spending weekends at his farm in Richardsville in Culpeper County, Les and Joan moved to the town of Culpeper where they have been very happy for the last 20 years.
He was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, VFW Post 2524 and the Guadalcanal Veterans Campaign. He was a volunteer for the Food Closet and a member of the Veterans Recognition Committee. He enjoyed travel, bridge, reading and gardening.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Hospice of the Rapidan, P.O. Box 1715, Culpeper, VA 22701, or St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 1200 Old Rixeyville Road, Culpeper, VA 22701.
The family will receive friends at St. Luke's Lutheran Church on Monday, August 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, August 2, 2011, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church with Pastor Ken Martin officiating. Interment will follow at the Culpeper National Cemetery, 501 E. Chandler St., Culpeper, VA 22701 with military honors provided by V.F.W. Post 2524 Honor Guard and American Legion Post 330.
Published in The Culpeper Star-Exponent on July 28, 2011
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Chief Pharmacist's Mate Lester Lee Petermann was born in 1920 in Fredericksburg, Texas, to farmer Ernest Petermann and his wife Minnie. Lester enlisted in the Navy in 1939 and trained as a Pharmacist's Mate. By 1941 he was assigned to a medical battalion attached to the 2nd Marine Division in San Diego. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the 2nd Marine Division deployed to the South Pacific and participated in the Guadalcanal Campaign that began in August 1942, with Lester serving in Samoa, New Zealand and the Solomon Islands for six months. Returning to the United States, Lester worked at military bases in Oklahoma and New York before deploying to England for the planned D-Day landings in Normandy, France. Assigned to LST-499 (Landing Ship Tank), Lester and his shipmates carried troops, vehicles and supplies to Utah Beach in support of the 4th Infantry Division assault on June 6, 1944. Two days later LST-499 struck a German mine off of Utah Beach and began sinking. Though seriously wounded Lester supervised the removal of casualties, searched the sinking ship for other wounded and once aboard a rescue ship continued treating the survivors. In addition to a Purple Heart Lester was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the highest Navy non-combat decoration for heroism. A young Lieutenant John F. Kennedy received the same decoration for his actions following the sinking of PT-109 in the South Pacific. Lester returned to the United States after recovering from his injuries and after World War II left the Navy. Taking advantage of the GI Bill he attended Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, and also received a Master of Science degree from Columbia University in New York City. Lester worked for the Department of Labor in Washington, DC, as an economist before he and his wife Joan retired to their Richardsville farm in Culpeper County. They eventually moved to Culpeper, where Lester passed away in 2011. Lester is buried in Section 12 of Culpeper National Cemetery.
Contributor: Jeff Joyce (50121312)
Lester Lee Petermann, age 90, died at home on July 25, 2011. He was born July 20, 1921, in Fredericksburg, Texas. He is preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Minnie Petermann; sister, Margaret Waugh and brother, Roland Petermann. He is survived by his wife, Joan; his daughter, Joy and husband, Dalton Fromme of Fredericksburg, Texas; his step-son, Tommie Whitley and wife, Brenda, of New Iberia, La.; his sister, Peggy Davis, of San Antonio, Texas and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Lester served in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps during World War II. He received the Presidential Unit Citation as a navy corpsman with the marines at Guadalcanal and the Purple Heart and The Navy and Marine Corp Medal serving as a Chief Pharmacist's Mate aboard the U.S.S. LST 499 at Normandy.
He graduated from Southwestern University. Georgetown, Texas, and received a Master of Science degree from Columbia University in the City of New York. He was an economist with the Department of Labor in Washington, D.C.
After living in Alexandria, Va. and spending weekends at his farm in Richardsville in Culpeper County, Les and Joan moved to the town of Culpeper where they have been very happy for the last 20 years.
He was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, VFW Post 2524 and the Guadalcanal Veterans Campaign. He was a volunteer for the Food Closet and a member of the Veterans Recognition Committee. He enjoyed travel, bridge, reading and gardening.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Hospice of the Rapidan, P.O. Box 1715, Culpeper, VA 22701, or St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 1200 Old Rixeyville Road, Culpeper, VA 22701.
The family will receive friends at St. Luke's Lutheran Church on Monday, August 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, August 2, 2011, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church with Pastor Ken Martin officiating. Interment will follow at the Culpeper National Cemetery, 501 E. Chandler St., Culpeper, VA 22701 with military honors provided by V.F.W. Post 2524 Honor Guard and American Legion Post 330.
Published in The Culpeper Star-Exponent on July 28, 2011
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Chief Pharmacist's Mate Lester Lee Petermann was born in 1920 in Fredericksburg, Texas, to farmer Ernest Petermann and his wife Minnie. Lester enlisted in the Navy in 1939 and trained as a Pharmacist's Mate. By 1941 he was assigned to a medical battalion attached to the 2nd Marine Division in San Diego. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the 2nd Marine Division deployed to the South Pacific and participated in the Guadalcanal Campaign that began in August 1942, with Lester serving in Samoa, New Zealand and the Solomon Islands for six months. Returning to the United States, Lester worked at military bases in Oklahoma and New York before deploying to England for the planned D-Day landings in Normandy, France. Assigned to LST-499 (Landing Ship Tank), Lester and his shipmates carried troops, vehicles and supplies to Utah Beach in support of the 4th Infantry Division assault on June 6, 1944. Two days later LST-499 struck a German mine off of Utah Beach and began sinking. Though seriously wounded Lester supervised the removal of casualties, searched the sinking ship for other wounded and once aboard a rescue ship continued treating the survivors. In addition to a Purple Heart Lester was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the highest Navy non-combat decoration for heroism. A young Lieutenant John F. Kennedy received the same decoration for his actions following the sinking of PT-109 in the South Pacific. Lester returned to the United States after recovering from his injuries and after World War II left the Navy. Taking advantage of the GI Bill he attended Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, and also received a Master of Science degree from Columbia University in New York City. Lester worked for the Department of Labor in Washington, DC, as an economist before he and his wife Joan retired to their Richardsville farm in Culpeper County. They eventually moved to Culpeper, where Lester passed away in 2011. Lester is buried in Section 12 of Culpeper National Cemetery.
Contributor: Jeff Joyce (50121312)
Lester served in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps during World War II. He received the Presidential Unit Citation as a navy corpsman with the marines at Guadalcanal and the Purple Heart and The Navy and Marine Corp Medal serving as a Chief Pharmacist's Mate aboard the U.S.S. LST 499 at Normandy.
He graduated from Southwestern University. Georgetown, Texas, and received a Master of Science degree from Columbia University in the City of New York. He was an economist with the Department of Labor in Washington, D.C.
After living in Alexandria, Va. and spending weekends at his farm in Richardsville in Culpeper County, Les and Joan moved to the town of Culpeper where they have been very happy for the last 20 years.
He was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, VFW Post 2524 and the Guadalcanal Veterans Campaign. He was a volunteer for the Food Closet and a member of the Veterans Recognition Committee. He enjoyed travel, bridge, reading and gardening.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Hospice of the Rapidan, P.O. Box 1715, Culpeper, VA 22701, or St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 1200 Old Rixeyville Road, Culpeper, VA 22701.
The family will receive friends at St. Luke's Lutheran Church on Monday, August 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, August 2, 2011, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church with Pastor Ken Martin officiating. Interment will follow at the Culpeper National Cemetery, 501 E. Chandler St., Culpeper, VA 22701 with military honors provided by V.F.W. Post 2524 Honor Guard and American Legion Post 330.
Published in The Culpeper Star-Exponent on July 28, 2011
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Chief Pharmacist's Mate Lester Lee Petermann was born in 1920 in Fredericksburg, Texas, to farmer Ernest Petermann and his wife Minnie. Lester enlisted in the Navy in 1939 and trained as a Pharmacist's Mate. By 1941 he was assigned to a medical battalion attached to the 2nd Marine Division in San Diego. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the 2nd Marine Division deployed to the South Pacific and participated in the Guadalcanal Campaign that began in August 1942, with Lester serving in Samoa, New Zealand and the Solomon Islands for six months. Returning to the United States, Lester worked at military bases in Oklahoma and New York before deploying to England for the planned D-Day landings in Normandy, France. Assigned to LST-499 (Landing Ship Tank), Lester and his shipmates carried troops, vehicles and supplies to Utah Beach in support of the 4th Infantry Division assault on June 6, 1944. Two days later LST-499 struck a German mine off of Utah Beach and began sinking. Though seriously wounded Lester supervised the removal of casualties, searched the sinking ship for other wounded and once aboard a rescue ship continued treating the survivors. In addition to a Purple Heart Lester was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the highest Navy non-combat decoration for heroism. A young Lieutenant John F. Kennedy received the same decoration for his actions following the sinking of PT-109 in the South Pacific. Lester returned to the United States after recovering from his injuries and after World War II left the Navy. Taking advantage of the GI Bill he attended Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, and also received a Master of Science degree from Columbia University in New York City. Lester worked for the Department of Labor in Washington, DC, as an economist before he and his wife Joan retired to their Richardsville farm in Culpeper County. They eventually moved to Culpeper, where Lester passed away in 2011. Lester is buried in Section 12 of Culpeper National Cemetery.
Contributor: Jeff Joyce (50121312)
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