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Personal info

Full name
CHESSHIR, Milton Zack
Date of birth
16 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Blue Bayou Community, Howard County, Arkansas
Hometown
Center Point, Howard County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38602661
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bizory, near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 12 72

Immediate family

Members
Henry P. Chesshir (father)
Kate (Clardy) Chesshir (mother)
Bertha Chesshir (sister)
Thomas A. Chesshir (brother)
Pearl Chesshir (sister)
Mary B. Chesshir (sister)
J. W. Chesshir (brother)
Borden Chesshir (brother)
Douglas Chesshir (brother)
Fay Chesshir (sister)
Virginia N. Chesshir (sister)
Evelyn (Feemster) Chesshir (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Milton Z. Chesshir enlisted in Little Rock, Arkansas on 11 January 1944. He was killed in action near Bastogne, Belgium during a battle with the 12th SS Panzer Division. The last attempt by the Germans to seize Bastogne.
According to the data in the IDPF, he was killed by artillery or mortar fire (mandible and left humerus fractered, crushed skull).
He was first buried at the temporary American Cemetery at Foy on 5 February 1945. On 15 July 1948, he was finally layed to rest at Henri-Chapelle.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Raf Dyckmans, Ronny Colleman, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com,
www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Record, IDPF

Photo source: www.ancestry.com, Peter Schouteten