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NETTLESHIP, Chester Edward - Date of
birth
5 August 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland -
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33386544 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
406th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
26 November 1944 - Place of
death
Near Beeck, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 20 | 23 |
Immediate family
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Members
Chester B. Nettleship (father)
Elsie M. (Worden) Nettleship (mother)
Edmund M. Nettleship (brother)
Charles Nettleship (brother)
Mary E. (Poe) Nettleship (wife)
Carol A. Nettleship (daughter)
More information
Pfc Chester E. Nettleship was a sheet metal worker for the Carroll Sheet Metal Contractors in New York.He was married to Mary Elizabeth Poe on 26 June 1941.
He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 1 December 1942 and was sent overseas in April 1943.
His brother Charles served on a merchant ship.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Marriage Record, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Sun
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Sun