Fifteenth Generation

6843. Captain Keith Grayson Chatfield was born on 26 July 1915 in Minot, Ward Co., North Dakota, USA. He lived in Minot, Ward Co., North Dakota, USA in 1920. He died on 29 November 1944 at the age of 29 in Bastogne, Luxembourg Province, Belgium. Keith was buried in Holland American Cmtry., Margraten, Limburg, Holland. 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.

Captain Keith Grayson Chatfield and Betty Jane Rindt were married in May 1942 in USA. Betty Jane Rindt (private).