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Personal info

Full name
CHASE, Robert G
Date of birth
16 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Whitehall, Washington County, New York
Hometown
Whitehall, Washington County, New York

Military service

Service number
32214675
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
12 July 1945
Place of death
Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 24 21

Immediate family

Members
Edward W. Chase (father)
Stella M. Chase (mother)
Dorothy M. Chase (sister)
Loretta M. Chase (sister)
Edward W. Chase Jr. (brother)
Donald Chase (brother)
Gabrielle (LeClaire) Chase (wife)

More information

Sgt Robert G. Chase attended high school for four years and was a railman at the Delaware and Hudson Railroad.

He enlisted in Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 11 February 1942.

Sgt Chase was killed in an accident on 12 July 1945.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files,

Photo source: www.findagrave.com