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Personal info

Full name
PARIS, Chester L
Date of birth
21 January 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Livingston County, Kentucky
Hometown
Driskill, Livingston County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35816359
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Valley, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 8 26

Immediate family

Members
Ollie Paris (father)
Maude E. (Easley) Paris (mother)
Earnest R. Paris (brother)
John I. Paris (brother)
Cora P. Paris (sister)
Henry B. Paris (brother)
Ollie L. Paris (brother)
Oliver J. Paris (brother)
Clara L. (Sanderfer) Paris (wife)

More information

Pvt Chester L. Paris attended high school for 4 years and was a machinist apprentice before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 11 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Patterson Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com

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