Ball, Lester

Date of birth:: July 7th, 1922
Date of death:: April 29th, 2008
Service number:: 35 795 590
Nationality:: American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Lester Ball was inducted in the Army on March 18th, 1943 and enlisted in active service on March 25th in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was honorably discharged on November 7th, 1945.

Lester Ball was also entiteld to wear the fourragere/ribbons for the French Croix de Guerre (Unit award) and the Distinguished Unit Citation.

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Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Private
Unit:: Company A, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division "The Rock of the Marne", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: February 18th, 1944

Awarded for a wound received on January 25th, 1944 near Nettuno.

General Orders No. 6, Headquarters 300th General Hospital APO 378, dated February 18th, 1944.

Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Sergeant
Unit:: Company A, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division "The Rock of the Marne", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: June 16th, 1945

Citation:
"For gallantry in action. When enemey snipers and a machine gun held up the advance of his company into Nurnberg, Germany on the afternoon of 19 April, 1945, Sergeant BALL advanced 25 yards, to an exposed position within 400 yards of the enemy and set up a 60mm mortar. Under strong enemy fire which hit within a yard of him, sergerant BALL fired numerous shells into their positions, inflicting 11 casualties, causing 10 to surrender and neutralizing the enemy machine gun."

General Orders No.212, Headquarters 3rd Infantry Division, APO 3, dated June 16th, 1945.

Honorable Service Lapel Button / Honorable Discharge Emblem

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Staff Sergeant
Unit:: Company A, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division "The Rock of the Marne", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: November 7th, 1945

Bronze Star Medal (BSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Private
Awarded on:: September 28th, 2015

Awarded for meritorious achievement in ground combat during World War II on 25 January 1944.

Good Conduct Medal - Army

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded with five bronze campaign stars for "NAPLES-FOGGIA", "ROME-ARNO", "SOUTHERN FRANCE", "RHINELAND" and "CENTRAL EUROPE" and a bronze arrowhead for amphibious operations.