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Personal info

Full name
CHATAM, J C
Date of birth
27 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Mexia, Limestone County, Texas
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
38218809
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
4041st Quartermaster Truck Company
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
6 August 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 8 2

Immediate family

Members
Rufus Chatam (father)
Fannie Chatam (mother)
Rolland Chatam (brother)
Maggie Chatam (sister)

More information

Pfc Chatam enlisted in September 1942 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed when the vehicle he was driving hit three trees.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, 1930 Census/The Mexia Weekly Herald 5 October 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet