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Lester Elijah Ping

Birth	:	7 Nov 1910 Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	25 May 1945
Burial	:	Oak Ridge Cemetery, West Liberty, Muscatine County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.5619011, -91.2641983
Plot	:	SE Add/Lot 2/Sp
Description	:	Memorial Marker - Seaman 1st Class WWII, MIA From the Daily Gazette, Sterling, Illinois, Monday, 2 July 1945, 6;6. Brother Is Missing. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Ping and family returned Saturday from a visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bolen Ping of Mediapolis, IA. Cecil's brother, Lester Ping, was reported missing in action a week ago. He will be remembered by Prophetstown people as he was employed here at one time. He has been in the South Pacific area. ***************************** Lester Ping was aboard the U.S.S. Spectacle (AM 305) a minesweeper. Below is an accounting of the ship's activity in the days leading... Read More	Memorial Marker - Seaman 1st Class WWII, MIA From the Daily Gazette, Sterling, Illinois, Monday, 2 July 1945, 6;6. Brother Is Missing. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Ping and family returned Saturday from a visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bolen Ping of Mediapolis, IA. Cecil's brother, Lester Ping, was reported missing in action a week ago. He will be remembered by Prophetstown people as he was employed here at one time. He has been in the South Pacific area. *************************** Lester Ping was aboard the U.S.S. Spectacle (AM 305) a minesweeper. Below is an accounting of the ship's activity in the days leading up to Lester's death. Lester was officially declared dead on 25 May 1945 after a search failed to find his body. "On 4 May, the minesweeper sank two small Japanese boats and set one afire with gunfire. That evening, she was strafed by an enemy plane. She sank another small boat on 13 May; and, the next evening, she sank five small suicide boats. Spectacle took patrol station near Ie Shima on 22 May and, early that morning, splashed a "Betty". At 0805, a diving kamikaze crashed into the minesweeper, striking the ship under her port 40-millimeter gun tub, causing extensive damage and blowing many of her crew overboard. Her rudder jammed. She dropped anchor to avoid running over her men in the water. At 0815, USS LSM-135 began picking up survivors; but, 15 minutes later, the medium landing ship was also hit by a kamikaze and burst into flames. Spectacle's losses were: 11 killed outright, four who died of wounds, six wounded, and 14 missing in action." *************************

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Lester Elijah Ping's memorial is located at: Oak Ridge Cemetery, West Liberty, Muscatine County, USA.
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Lester Elijah Ping death on 25 May 1945 in
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Latitude: 41.5619011
Longitude: -91.2641983

Family Members:

Parent

Bolen Elijah Ping

(1871 - 1953)

Cora Alice Randolph Ping

(1871 - 1949)

Spouse

Alberta Marie Meyers Peters

(1910 - 1979)

Siblings

Children

Richard D. Ping

(1933 - 1991)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

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Coordinate: 41.5619011, -91.2641983

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17. Gatton Burial Ground
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Coordinate: 41.5731600, -91.1133800

18. Pee Dee Cemetery
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22. Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
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Coordinate: 41.6681500, -91.3519900

23. North Liberty Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6852989, -91.2292023

24. Saint Bernadette Catholic Church
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Coordinate: 41.6755750, -91.3396070