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Personal info

Full name
CHESNEY, Lawrence Berton
Date of birth
12 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Maynardville, Union County, Tennessee
Hometown
Monroe County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36550679
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 November 1944
Place of death
Hien, in the vincinity of Dodewaard, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
unknown

Immediate family

Members
John B. Chesney (father)
Rebecca A. (Meltabarger) Chesney (mother)
Nelson Chesney (brother)
Joseph Chesney (brother)
Gordon Chesney (brother)
Willie P. Chesney (brother)
Roxatine Chesney (sister)
Jacob Chesney (brother)
Arnold Chesney (brother)
Nerva Chesney (sister)
Oma Chesney (sister)
Jake Chesney (brother)
Ruby Chesney (sister)

More information

Pfc Lawrence B. Chesney enlisted in December 1942 and was sent overseas in June 1944. He took part in the D-Day invasion of France. He was reported missing at the beginning of the Netherlands campaign.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, WWII DRaft Cards, 1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Tabby Truxler