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CHILSTEDT, Sven Richard Ferdinand - Date of
birth
2 April 1899 -
Age
45 - Place of
birth
Marstrand, Gottenberg, Sweden -
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
R-071134 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
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Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
22 October 1944 - Place of
death
Near Bezange-la-Petite, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 13 | 30 |
Immediate family
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Members
Axel Chilstedt (father)
Anna M. (Andersson) Chilstedt (mother)
Karl A. W. Chilstedt (brother)
Gustaf I. Chilstedt (brother)
Margareta A. E. Uleberg (sister)
Charlotte (Griffner) Chilstedt (wife)
More information
Pfc Sven R. F. Chilstedt was employed as a mail carrier at the U.S. Post Office before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 26 August 1942.He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously. The citation cited: His company had been pinned down by intense enemy fire when with five other enlisted men and his platoon officer, he moved into a woods to knock out German machine-gun positions. In the course of this action, he let a bayonet charge against a dugout behind one of the machine-gun positions and was killed by enemy fire.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Kihlstedt Slakttrad Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Carol, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Baltimore Sun Maryland 23 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M, www.ancestry.com - Ove Kihlstedt