Person:Lester Maize (1)

Name	Capt. Lester Arthur Maize
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[2]	5 Jul 1914	Belle Plaine, Benton County, Iowa(or Iowa City, Iowa, according to some sources)
Census^[5]	1940	Hennepin County, Minnesota
Marriage	Abt 1941	Iowa?(her 1st husband; 2 children) to Elizabeth Jane Hiatt
Death^[1]^[3]^[4]	30 Jul 1944	Normandy, France(killed in action)
Burial^[1]^[3]		American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France
Other^[6]^[4]	1944	Normandy, FranceMilitary

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Find A Grave.

Capt. Lester A. Maize
↑ Linn, Iowa, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule
ED 125, p. 8B, dwelling/family 39/49 (515 Cobban Ct).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 United States. Army. Quartermaster General's Office. Rosters of World War II dead (all services). (Washington, District of Columbia: U.S. Army, 19--?).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Iowa, United States. Iowa, United States. World War II Bonus Case Files, 1947-1959. (Provo, Utah, United States: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014).

Enlisted, Spring 1939, in Iowa.

At time of death: Captain, 175th Infantry Regt., 29th Infantry Division. KIA, France. Purple Heart.
↑ Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T627)
Fort Snelling, ED 27-48, p. 7A, #[blank].

Maize, Lester A. [blank] 25 yrs (single; Coll-4) b. Iowa 1935: Columbia, Mo. Officer (U.S. Army)
↑ United States. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949. (Provo, Utah, United States: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014)
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949.
Des Moines (Iowa) City Directory
p. 501, 1939.

Maize, Lester A. r3520 Franklin av
Norfolk (VA) Pilot
p. 15, 15 Aug 1940.

Lengthy article, "Army Orders."

"Lester Andrew [sic] Maize, Inf. Res., Fort Snelling, Minn., to Hawaiian Department"