Comments regarding Private First Class Lester ECKDAHL
Information compiled from various sources.

Military related information:

Service Number: 3075838

Listed on 1964 Men of L Roster

Prior Service from Roster of The Illinois National Guard on the Mexican Border : Served in Company L, 2nd Infantry Illinois National Guard: Sergeant, Enlisted 5 December 1915; Mustered to Federal service 27 June 1916. Reported for duty 19 June 1916. M.O. (Mobilization Order) 5 October 1916.

For details of the 1916 Mexican Expedition see the 'Roster of the Illinois National Guard on the Mexican Border 1916 - 1917' on the Documents page. NOTE: Will open in a new browser window or tab.

Eckdahl later served with WWI units, see below.

Enroute to France:

NAME: Lester P Eckdahl
DEPARTURE DATE: 31 Jul 1918
DEPARTURE PLACE: Newport News, Virginia
ADDRESS: 1647 N Sawyer Ave
RESIDENCE PLACE: Chicago, Illinois
NEXT OF KIN: Edward Eckdahl
RELATIONSHIP: Brother
SHIP: America
RANK: Private
SERVICE NUMBER: 3075838
NOTES: 34th Provisional Ordnance Depot Company

Return to US:

Name: Lester P. Eckdahl
Departure Date: 5 Jul 1919
Departure Place: Brest, FRANCE
Arrival Date: 14 Jul 1919
Arrival Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Address: 1647 Sawyer Avenue
Residence Place: Chicago, Illinois
Next of Kin: Mr. Edward Eckdahl
Relationship: Brother
Ship: Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Military Unit: MEHUN ORD. CAS. CO. #64
Rank: PVT. 1c. ORD. DEPT.
Service Number: 3075838
Notes: MEHUN ORDNANCE CASUAL COMPANY #64

 

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Post War Occupations / Bio:

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Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

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Lester Eckdahl
BIRTH 1890
DEATH 1984 (aged 93–94)
BURIAL
Mount Emblem Cemetery
Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois
PLOT Section A

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