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Personal info

Full name
CHASTAIN, Waymon
Date of birth
6 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Rabun County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34968609
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 18 45

Immediate family

Members
Madison A. Chastain (father)
Rosie L. (Posey) Chastain (mother)
Leroy Chastain (brother)
Lonnie C. Chastain (brother)
Mark Chastain (brother)
Carl Chastain (brother)
Earvin Chastain (brother)
Leonard Chastain (brother)
Burley L. Chastain (brother)

More information

Pfc Waymon Chastain enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 5 April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.findagrave.com - Robert Strickland, www.ancestry.com - Enlistment Record / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Robert Strickland, honorstates.org