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Lester Leon Rowe, the son of Leon and Mary (Bonville) Rowe, was born on December 10, 1893, in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts. By 1903, he was living in Schenectady. Before joining the military, he worked for the General Electric Company.
Lester enlisted in the United States Army in June 1917 and attended basic training at Camp Merritt in New Jersey. He was a Private in Company C of the 60th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division. Lester was killed in combat on October 14, 1918, during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. He is buried in St. John's Cemetery, Keeseville, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Ancestry