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Personal info

Full name
PARR, Chester Elsworth
Date of birth
23 November 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Fairview, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Fairview, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35060840
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Besançon, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 16 39

Immediate family

Members
George Parr (father)
Mary (Niehoff) Parr (mother)
Florence Parr (sister)
Johanna (Siebert) Parr (wife)
Georgene Parr (daughter)

More information

Pfc Chester E. Parr attended high school for one year and was employed at Fairmont Tool & Forge Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 24 April 1943 and was sent overseas in November, 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in the chest.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy