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HUEBNER, Chester Adolph - Date of
birth
16 May 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
St. Louis County, Missouri -
Hometown
St. Louis County, Missouri
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37049544 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
111th Engineer Combat Battalion,
36th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
21 January 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Bischwiller, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
William A. Huebner (father)
Minnie (Proehl) Huebner (mother)
Wilbur G. Huebner (brother)
More information
Early in the morning, Company C had laid a barbed wire fence south of Bischwiller, when an estimated 150 British Mark 5 anti-tank mines exploded.T/5 Chester A. Huebner and seven other men lost their lives and another eight were wounded.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, 111thengaar.pdf
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - MISTY, www.ancestry.com - Joseph Straus / www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 14 February 1945