Rank and Name in, Second Lieutenant Chester S. Gabaj.
Unit/Placed in, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division ”Blue and Grey”.
Chester was born approx. on 1921 in Chautauqua County, New York.
Father, Stanislaus Cabaj.
Mother, Josepine Cabaj.
Parents were born in Russia-Poland.
Sister, Anna Cabaj.
Brothers, William and John Cabaj.
Chester entered the service from New York with service number # 32030460.
Chester S. Cabaj was a second Lieutenant in the 116th Infantry Regiment.
Chester was KIA by fights in the streets in Saint Lo, France, on July 20, 1944, he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Chester is buried at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer,
Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
Thanks to the 29th http://www.29infantrydivision.org/
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
