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Personal info

Full name
CASKEY, Chester
Date of birth
7 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Fleming County, Kentucky
Hometown
Frozen, Fleming County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35467684
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 34 14

Immediate family

Members
John T. Caskey (father)
Elley (Hedgers) Caskey (mother)
Cecil Caskey (brother)
Pearlie Caskey (sister)
Vernie Caskey (sister)
Preston Caskey (brother)
Lester Caskey (brother)
John T. Caskey (brother)

More information

Pfc Chester Caskey enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 11 August 1942.
He worked in manufacture of textiles before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Melissa Caskey Family Tree / 1930 Census / Kentucky, Birth Index, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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