KILLED IN ACTION --A telegram from the war department was received by Mr. and Mrs. Ole. O. Torgerson of Osage stating that their son, Cpl. Lester E. Torgerson, was killed in action on Leyte Island, Nov. 24. No other particulars were given.
Source: The Mason City Globe-Gazette, January 9, 1945 (photo included)
Lester Everett Torgerson was born Mar. 29, 1908 to Ole O. and Sarah Berg Torgerson. He died Nov. 24, 1944 and is buried in Osage Cemetery, Osage, IA.
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