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Personal info

Full name
BENNETT, Chester Carson
Date of birth
31 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Winston County, Alabama
Hometown
Cullman, Cullman County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34167798
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Weiskirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 7 42

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Bennett (father)
Maddie B. (Persall) Bennett (mother)
James W. Bennett (brother)
Aubrey C. Bennett (brother)
Cecil T. Bennett (brother)
Bettie R. Bennett (sister)
Mary J. Bennett (sister)
Elizabeth G. Bennett (sister)
Fay Bennett (sister)
Dwight Bennett (brother)
Gail Bennett (brother)
Dorothy J. (Nesmith) Bennett (wife)

More information

Pfc Chester C. Bennett worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 22 April 1942. He was overseas for only six weeks when he was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Diane 2008 Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - The Cullman Tribune 19 April 1945