My wife is the daughter of Major Lester C. O'Neal who was Regimental Surgeon of 39th Combat Engineers from Aug 42 at Camp Bowie, Texas until he was killed in action near Riardo , Italy 7 Nov 43 . He went with the unit to Oran, Algiers in Jan 43 and was in the invasion of Sicily at Gela in July 43 . After the Sicily campaign was over , he went to Italy in Sept 43 . He was killed in an air attack on a Sunday while traveling in a vehicle near the site of the 38th Evacuation hospital near Riardo, Italy .
With the help of this site , my wife and I have been in contact with several men who served with Dr. O'Neal during this time . As a result of this information , we have entered some of this information on this site . We would like to hear from anyone who knew Dr. O'Neal or served with him .