Lester C. Newton
Private Lester C. Newton, Serial: 20236160, 228th Field Artillery Battalion, U.S. Army. Awards: Purple Heart. He lived at 94 State Street, Camden NJ. Buried at Beverly National Cemetery, Plot G111, Beverly NJ.
Private Lester C. Newton was born in New Jersey on March 21, 1914. By 1930 his mother Emma had remarried to William Powell of 1533 Federal Street, Camden NJ, and Lester and his older brother Charles lived there as well. His mother worked as a seasoner in a leather factory, and his father worked as a mate on a dredge. By the war years the family had moved to 94 State Street in Camden, near the pier where the dredge operated out of. Lester Newton, after leaving school, found employment at the Campbell Soup factory near his home. In 1934 he joined the New Jersey National Guard.
Lester Newton was called to active duty in September of 1940 with the 112th Field Artillery Regiment. When the regiment was broken up, his unit was reorganized as the 228th Field Artillery Battalion. His unit went overseas in February of 1944. Private Newton was killed in action in France on July 31, 1944, at the age of 30, and was survived by his mother. His death was reported in the August 21, 1944 edition of the Camden Courier-Post.
After the war had ended, Lester Newton was brought home to New Jersey. He rests at Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly NJ, where he was buried on June 3, 1949.
Lester C. Nuten Rites To Be Held Friday
Camden Courier-Post —
Military rites and burial for Pvt. Lester C. Nuten will be held Friday at 10.30 a.m. in the National cemetery, Beverly.
Private Nuten was killed in France July 31, 1944, at the age of 29. He served seven years in the New Jersey National Guard before going into the regular army. He was in the field artillery. When he went into the army he resided at 94 East State street.
Surviving is his mother, Mrs. Emma Powell, of 13 North Twenty-first street.
Beverly National Cemetery
Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly NJ. Private Lester C. Newton is buried here at Plot G111.