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Personal info

Full name
CHANDA, John
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Connecticut
Hometown
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31065721
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
In the Moselle region, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 33 31

Immediate family

Members
Steven Chanda (father)
Julia (Pjura) Chanda (mother)
Pauline Chanda (sister)
William Chanda (brother)
Joseph Chanda (brother)
Mary Chanda (sister)
Steven Chanda (brother)
Margareta Chanda (sister)
Frances Chanda (sister)
Catherine J. Chanda (sister)
Anna Chanda (sister)
Irene Chanda (sister)

More information

T/4 John Chanda enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 17 February 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Bridgeport Sunday Post - 19 October 1947

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com - Catherine J. Anderson