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Personal info

Full name
NEWSOM, Chester Laverne
Date of birth
11 January 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan
Hometown
Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36165003
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Near Winseler, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 12 36

Immediate family

Members
Guy W. Newsom (father)
Sarah A. (Kizer) Newsom (mother)
Stanley E. Newsom (brother)
Delvin J. Newsom (brother)
Ellen Newsom (sister)
Lawrence R. Newsom (brother)
Carl J. Newsom (brother)

More information

Pfc Chester L. Newsom was a clerk in a headquarters before he enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 7 January 1942.

He had been wounded on 9 January and died 10 January in a field hospital in Luxembourg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Newsom Voss Family Tree, www.newspapers.com – The News palladium Michigan - 2 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery