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Personal info

Full name
KNUDSON, Chester Louis
Date of birth
6 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Dolliver, Emmet County, Iowa
Hometown
Polk County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36256682
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Kreuzau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 12 17

Immediate family

Members
Carl T. Knudson (father)
Minnie (Noll) Saugstad (mother)
Engebert O. Saugstad (stepfather)
Gladys Knudson (sister)
Marcella I. Knudson (sister)

More information

T/5 Chester L. Knudson worked on a farm before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 12 August 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.newspapers.com - Green Bay Press-Gazette, www.ancestry.com - 1925 Census / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet