Name and Rank, Second Lieutenant Chester S Gabaj.
Unit/Paced in, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division ”Blue and Grey”.
Chester was born on 1915 in Dunkirk, 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 was KIA in the streets of Saint Lo, France with fights with the Germans. on July 20, 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Marksmanship Badge, 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 http://www.29infantrydivision.org/
http://omaha-beach-memorial.org/public/ind_folder_cemetery.php?id=18675
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com 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
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
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/
