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Personal info

Full name
CHESTER, Lewis Harold
Date of birth
7 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Red Lake, Beltrami County, Minnesota
Hometown
Polk County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37589733
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 3 10

Immediate family

Members
Roy D. Chester (father)
Lulu E. (Davis) Chester (mother)
Orvil W. Chester (brother)
Ora E. Chester (sister)
Rolland B. Chester (brother)
Florence E. Chester (sister)
Betty L. Chester (sister)
Louise A. Chester (sister)
Geraldine Chester (sister)
Jean Chester (sister)
Roy Chester (brother)

More information

Pfc Lewis H. Chester enlisted on 17 February 1944 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

He was wounded in battle and taken prisoner by the Germans. He died in a German hospital.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Joek Hulsmann, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Joek Hulsmann / Terry Horan and Tony Glavan