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CHATFIELD, Keith Grayson - Date of
birth
26 July 1915 -
Age
29 - Place of
birth
Minot, Ward County, North Dakota -
Hometown
Ward County, North Dakota
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-024969 -
Rank
Captain -
Function
Company Commander -
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
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Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
29 November 1944 - Place of
death
Near Puffendorf, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 7 | 3 |
Immediate family
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Members
Mark M. Chatfield (father)
Gertrude B. Chatfield (mother)
Miles B. Chatfield (brother)
Marcus M. Chatfield (brother)
Helen L. Chatfield (sister)
Robert C. Chatfield (brother)
Kenneth A. Chatfield (brother)
Stanley E. Chatfield (brother)
David L. Chatfield (brother)
Betty (Rindt) Chatfield (wife)
Nancy Chatfield (daughter)
Jody Chatfield (daughter)
More information
Capt Keith G. Chatfield graduated from Model High School in Minot and attended the State Teachers College. He entered West Point in 1937 after he already had served six years in the National Guard. He graduated in May 1942 and was commissioned in the Infantry.On graduation he married his childhood sweetheart, Betty Rindt, with whom he had grown up and attended school in their hometown. By the time he embarked for Europe in mid-1944.
The closing days of November Capt Chatfield was leading his company in an attack in the tough fighting at the Roer River. While attempting to assist some of his men who had become casualties, he himself was mortally wounded.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Jack Solomon, and the United States Military Academy at West Point, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, J. Langendijk