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Decorations

dfc.gif [The Distingushed Flying Cross]

 airmedal.gif [The Air Medal]
with 2
br_oak2.jpg [Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster]

Unit Citation
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Oak Leaf Cluster
Service Awards
 amcamp.gif [The American Campaign Medal]

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wwiivic.gif [The Victory Medal, World War II]

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S/Sgt Lester P. Fauver
Tail Gunner

Lester Fauver enlisted in the service February 11, 1944 in Richmond, VA.

"I enlisted with hope to be a pilot but was told they had enough so I signed up to be a gunner.

Upn my discharge on 1/10/1946 at Fort Meade, Maryland, I went to high school for 6 months then graduated. I attended college for one year then got married"

Lester and Particia Fauver were married November 1947; they have 3 children, a daughter and two sons and 4 grandchildren.

"I was a deputy sheriff and took employment in September 1947 as a Enforcement Officer with the Virginia Alcohol Control Commission.

I reitred May 1989 with 41 years 9 months as a Law Enforcement Officer and was State Assistant Director from 1974 to 1989."

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Source: Lester P. Fauver, TG