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Personal info

Full name
SEITZ, Chester Paul
Date of birth
1 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Winnebago County, Illinois
Hometown
St. Clair County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36054059
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
33rd Armored Engineer Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Rogery, Belgium VP 7383 to Rencheux, Belgium VP 7089

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 12 9

Immediate family

Members
Oscar Seitz (father)
Della Rae (Taylor) Seitz (Mother)
William T. Vincent (brother)
Pauline K. (Dietz) Seitz (wife)
Phyllis J. Seitz (daughter)
Rita M. Seitz (daughter)
Ronald A. Seitz (son)

More information

His wife died on 4 July 1944 in Illinois, after an illness of seven years. They had 3 children who were raised in an orphanage.

T/5 Chester P. Seitz was born as Chester Paul Vincent but was adopted by his mother's husband (Oscar Seitz) therefore he changed his name to Chester Paul Seitz.

T/5 Chester P Seitz was killed as a result of a gunshot wound.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.findagrave.com - Diane Vosse, http://www.7tharmddiv.org - IDPF

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.findagrave.com