Service Number -2153885

Company L Platoon Not Known

16 October 1918 - Personnel Report - Gun Shot Wound Right Buttock - To Hospital 13 October.

31 October 1918 - Monthly Roster: Sick-in-Hospital.

30 November 1918 Company Roster; Listed as Dropped on the 3rd.

Company L Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 24 Feb 1918. Listed as Private. Transferrred to 132nd INF per SO#108 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 20 Apr 1918. Assigned to Co L, 132nd INF per Verbal Order Commanding Officer (VOCO) 23 Apr 1918. - Muster Roll May-June 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll July 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Aug 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Sep 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. - Personnel Report 16 October 1918: GSW Right Buttock; To Hospital 13 October. - Company Roster 31 October 1918: Sick-in-Hospital. - Company Roster November 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. Dropped Nov 3rd.

- Returned to U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists
Name: Lester H. Prehn
Departure Date: 23 Mar 1919
Departure Place: Brest, France
Arrival Date: 2 Apr 1919
Arrival Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Residence Place: Prole Iowa
Mother: Anna Prehn
Ship: LEVIATHAN
Military Unit: L 132 INF
Rank: Private
Service Number: 2153885
Annotated on manifest: Walking Patients Requiring Dressings Class "A".
Note: The Army used 3 dressing types: Small, medium, and large. Class 'A' probably was for small wound care.

- Discharged 20 May 1919 per BIRLS file (see below)

WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps

Purple Heart 16October 1918 Personnel Report

WWI Draft Registration. Select image for larger view. Will open in a new browser window or tab.

Post War Occupations / Bio:

the 1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Lester H Prehn
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1891
Birthplace: Iowa
Home in 1920: Jefferson, Warren, Iowa
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Brother
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: General Farm
Employment Field: Own Account
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Anna Prehn 59 Mother
Walter A Prehn 31 Head
Lester H Prehn 29 Brother

WWII Draft Registration.

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Name: Lester Prehn
Gender: Male
Death Date: 15 Jun 1983
Enlistment Date: 24 Feb 1918
Release Date: 20 May 1919

Miscellaneous:

the Iowa, Marriage Records
Name: Lester H Prehn
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 31
Birth Date: abt 1889
Birth Place: Osceola, IA.
Marriage Date: 28 Jul 1920
Marriage Place: Polk, Iowa, USA
Father: August Prehn
Mother: Anna Hamm
Spouse: Inez O Conard

Iowa Delayed Birth Certificate:
Born 23 October 1889 Osceola, Clarke, Iowa. Enlisted 24 February 1918.
Father: August Prehn born Germany. Mother: Anna M. Hamm born Germany.

Research in process