LESTER WILLIAM BASON
Birth:  Apr. 17, 1932
Death:  Sep. 3, 1950
5TH REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM

SILVER STAR

L CO 3 BN

HOSTILE, DIED (KIA)

SERVICE NUMBER: RA17265263

BORN: APRIL 17, 1932

HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

LE SUEUR COUNTY, MN

LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: PUSAN PERIMETER - SOUTHWEST

TOWN OR AREA: CHINDONG-NI

BURIAL LOCATION

FORT SNELLING NATIONAL CEMETERY

Comments: Private Bason was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy near Chindong-ni, South Korea on September 3, 1950.

Courtesy of:  Korean War Project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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