Longaker Lester Dow

Monuments

26th Division Tablets of the Fallen (WW1)

Name:

Lester Dow Longaker

Rank:

Corporal

Serial Number:

Unit:

102nd Infantry Regiment, 26th Division

Date of Death:

1918-10-26

State:

Indiana

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia

Plot:

Section 18, Site 3328

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

Son of George E. & Phoebe Longaker; born April 30, 1891, Anderson, Ind.; Laborer; Entered service September 23, 1917, Anderson, Ind.; Sent to Camp Taylor, Ky.; assigned to 51st Co., 3rd Training Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade. Transferred to Camp Shelby, Miss. Overseas in may, 1918; assigned to Co. C, 102nd Infantry, 26th division. Died October 26, 1918 from wounds received in action. Originally buried in Grave No. 158, Section 69, Plot 4, Argonne-American Cemetery, Romagne, France (info taken from records at the Anderson Public Library, Anderson, Indiana.)