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CHAPIN, Claude Buell "June" - Date of
birth
3 August 1914 -
Age
30 - Place of
birth
Essex, Chittenden County, Vermont -
Hometown
Chittenden County, Vermont
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31062373 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
550th Airborne Infantry Battalion
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
4 January 1945 - Place of
death
Houmont, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 13 | 20 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Claude R. Chapin (father)
Clara T. (Brand) Chapin (mother)
Graton A. Chapin (brother)
William T. Chapin (brother)
More information
Claude Chapin graduated from Essex Classical Institute in 1932. He and his older brother Graton worked on their father’s dairy farm. In addition to farming and taking care of his eight to ten acre apple orchard, June also enjoyed hiking the hills around the property and enjoying the views of Lake Champlain, the Green Mountain range, and the Adirondack Mountains from atop these trails. He simply loved the farming life, his family, his beloved hiking hills, and the mountains of Vermont.Pfc Claude B. Chapin enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 6 February 1942.
He was killed by small arms fire to the head.
Pfc Chapin was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium on 19 February 1945. After bein disinterred, he was given his final resting place at Henri-Chapelle on 12 November 1948.
His is remembered at the Mountain View Cemetery in Essex Center, Vermont.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com - William T. Chapin, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Barb Destromp, IDPF
Photo source: Aimee Fogg, www.findagrave.com - Patrick Strong