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Personal info

Full name
TRAXLER, Chester Elias
Date of birth
1 October 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Oswego, Multnomah County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39337890
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
32nd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
Paderborn area, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 2 25

Immediate family

Members
Elias B. Traxler (father)
Etta M. (Wood) Traxler (mother)
Ruth Pine (stepsister)
Victor C. Traxler (brother)
Etta H. Traxler (sister)
Dorothy E. (Shipley) Traxler (wife)

More information

Cpl Chester E. Traxler enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 5 August 1943.

He was employed by McKesson & Robbins company before his enlistment. He went overseas on 1 April 1944. Cpl Traxler was a member of the Midday lodge, No. 188, A. F. & A. M., and the Scottish Rite.

Source of information: Cor van de Burg, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, Lynne Hasselman, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/, Newspaper article, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Newspaper article