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Personal info

Full name
CHEW, Silas William
Date of birth
1911
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Tuscarora Reservation, Niagara County, New York
Ethnicity
Native American

Military service

Service number
42111159
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Weisweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 6 18

Immediate family

Members
Silas Chew (father)
Hattie (Patterson) Chew (mother)
Arthur L. Chew (brother)
Enoch G. Chew (brother)
Elmira E. Chew (sister)
Myra Chew (sister)
Hattie Chew (sister)
Emily Chew (sister)
Marjorie I. (Hewitt) Chew (wife)
Jerry Chew (son)

More information

Pvt Silas W. Chew worked as a driller.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 27 March 1944.

Pvt Chew was a member of the Tuscarora Nation of Indians.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Jimerson Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Jimerson Family Tree