Name:
Lester D. Rowbotham
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-17
State:
Michigan
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cem., Lorraine, France
Plot:
B
Row:
26
Grave:
39
Decoration:
Comments:
When Lester D. Rowbotham was born on September 22, 1891, in Bad Axe, Michigan, his father, Edward, was 59 and his mother, Matilda, was 46. He married Mary Alice Schad on November 24, 1913, in his hometown. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Company E, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on October 17, 1918 and is now buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France.