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Personal info

Full name
HEYMANN, Chester George
Date of birth
24 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Queens County, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32317003
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Schoenberg, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 13 49

Immediate family

Members
Paul W. Heymann (father)
Mabel L. Heymann (mother
Paul K. Heymann (brother)
Clara M. Heymann (sister)
Clifford D. Heymann (brother)
Gloria Heymann (sister)
Virginia Heymann (sister)

More information

Sgt Chester G. Heymann enlisted in Fort Jay Governors Island, New York on 16 April 1942.
He attended 4 years of college and was an accountant and auditor before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium Block C, Row 4, Grave 87.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://106thinfdivassn.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet