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Personal info

Full name
DECKER, Chester Lyle
Date of birth
2 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Wexford, Wexford County, Michigan
Hometown
Alden, Antrim County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36171288
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 October 1944
Place of death
Near Moncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 76

Immediate family

Members
Orman O. Decker (father)
Lulu B. (Conrad) Decker (mother)
Lester Decker (brother)
Olive I. Decker (sister)
Winnie I. Decker (sister)
Etherd O. Decker (brother)
Lorna L. Decker (sister)

More information

Cpl Chester L. Decker attended high school for two years and was employed at the US Government before he enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 10 February 1942.

He was killed by shell fragments on his back.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M