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CHADWICK, Vernon Eugene "Gene" - Date of
birth
1924 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Indiana -
Hometown
Hopkins County, Kentucky
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35139833 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
A Company,
247th Engineer Combat Battalion,
119th Infantry Regiment
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
3 October 1944 - Place of
death
Rimburg, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 11 | 3 |
Immediate family
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Members
Lloyd Chadwick (father)
Delmas Chadwick (brother)
Jean Chadwick (Sister-in-Law)
Rodney Simpson (great nephew)
More information
Pvt Vernon E. Chadwick enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 1 April 1943 and was sent overseas in January 1944. He arrived in France in June 1944.On the morning of 3 October 1944 Pvt Chadwick's truck got hung-up and he lost his helmet in a fierce barrage of shells. When the shelling ceased, he and others went back to the make-shift camp. It seemed many had left their helmets behind at the bridge that the group had been building. Pvt Chadwick wasn't having that and went back to retrieve his. When he didn't return some of the men went to the bridge and saw a figure in the stream with coveralls on. Pvt Chadwick was the only one wearing coveralls and it was quickly acknowledged that he had lost his life via a wound in his head and another on the left side of his neck.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.facesbeyondthegraves.com/chadwick.html, www.247thcombatengineers.org, http://www.ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/bios/c/chadwick-vernon.htm
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.facesbeyondthegraves.com/chadwick.html