Ayotte, Lester James – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Lester James Ayotte.

Unit/Placed in, USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Cruiser, United States Naval Reserve.

Lester is born approx. on 1 March 1927 in St. Louis, Minnesota.

Father, Albert Ayotte.

Mother, Lilian Ayotte.

Brother(s), Albert P. and Napoleon O. Ayotte.

Lester enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # 3148379.

Lester was KIA when the Japanese Submarine I-58 Torpedoed the USS Indianapolis and she Sunk at the Philippine Sea on July 30, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Lester is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Lester is also mentioned at a Memorial Grave on Find a Grave Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

He is also Mentioned at U.S.S. Indianapolis National Memorial

Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA.

Thanks to, http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/cruisers/pages/uss_indianapolis_ca35_roll_of_honor.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org