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Personal info

Full name
PERRY, Chester George
Date of birth
25 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Saint Ignace, Mackinac County, Michigan
Hometown
Wilson, Niagara County, New York

Military service

Service number
32130279
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
Near Azelot, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 94

Immediate family

Members
Ernest G. Perry (father)
Edna M. (Reeves) Perry (mother)
Velma E. Perry (sister)
Dorothy P. Perry (sister)

More information

Pfc Chester G. Perry attended high school for three years and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 23 April 1941.
He was killed by small arms fire in his neck.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman
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