Chatfield, Keith Grayson

Birth Name Chatfield, Keith Grayson
Gender male
Age at Death 29 years, 4 months, 3 days

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Find A Grave Memorial# 56297543
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US Rosters of World War II Dead:
Name: Keith G Chatfield
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Catholic
Cemetery Name: Margraten (Permanent Cemetery), Margraten, Holland
Grave Number: d 7 3
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Captain
Service Number: 24969
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World War II Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas:
Name: Keith G Chatfield
Inducted From: North Dakota
Rank: Captain
Combat Organization: 407th Infantry 102nd Division
Death Date: 29 Nov 1944
Monument: the Netherlands
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal; Silver Star Medal
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Keith Grayson Chatfield
Date of death: November 29, 1944
Home of record: Glenwood North Dakota
Status: KIA
Keith Chatfield graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1942.
AWARDS AND CITATIONS
Silver Star
Awarded for actions during the World War II
(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Captain (Infantry) Keith Grayson Chatfield (ASN: 0-24969), USA Army, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against the enemy as Commanding Officer of Company C, 407th Infantry Regiment, 102d Infantry Division, during World War II.
General Orders: USA Military Academy Register of Graduates
Action Date: World War II
Service: Army
Rank: Captain
Company: Company C
Regiment: 407th Infantry Regiment
Division: 102d Infantry Division
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Graduate of the U. S. Military Academy: Army Captain, Class of 1941.

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Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 26 July 1915 Minot, Ward Co., North Dakota, USA    
Death 29 November 1944 Bastogne, Luxembourg Province, Belgium    
Burial   Holland American Cmtry., Margraten, Limburg, Holland    
Residence 1920 Minot, Ward Co., North Dakota, USA    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Chatfield, Marcus Morton II19 October 187623 February 1944
Mother Birkett, Gertrude B1 March 188128 March 1970
    Brother     Chatfield, Miles Birkett 8 August 1908 7 November 1994
    Sister     Chatfield, Marjorie Gertrude 24 November 1909 14 March 1940
    Brother     Chatfield, Marcus Morton III 20 December 1911 11 March 2002
    Sister     Chatfield, Helen Loretta 16 July 1913 25 March 1989
         Chatfield, Keith Grayson 26 July 1915 29 November 1944
    Brother     Chatfield, Robert Crane 7 January 1917 6 October 2008
    Brother     Chatfield, Kenneth Arthur 18 October 1918 12 April 1990
    Brother     Chatfield, Stanley Edward 30 October 1921 21 October 2014
    Brother     Chatfield, James David Lloyd 4 February 1924 29 June 1969

Families

Family of Chatfield, Keith Grayson and Rindt, Betty Jane

Married Wife Rindt, Betty Jane ( * + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage May 1942 USA    
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