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Personal info

Full name
MCCHESNEY, John Downer Pennock
Date of birth
1 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Hometown
Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
34789568
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Near Altwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 13 17

Immediate family

Members
Donald S. McChesney (father)
Marian (Pennock) McChesney (mother)
Mary S. McChesney (sister)

More information

Sgt John D. P. McChesney attended high school for three years before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 7 July 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest and leg.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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