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Robert Andrew Chesnut

Birth	:	9 Aug 1921 Nodaway County, Missouri, USA
Death	:	20 Mar 1945 Germany
Burial	:	Shearer Cemetery, Braddyville, Page County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.6039009, -94.9381027
Inscription	:	PFC Robert Andrew Chesnut son of Ira & Dicie Chesnut Aug. 9, 1921 Mar. 20, 1945 Served with the 1st Army in German Co. B 16th Inf.
Description	:	Clarinda Herald Journal, Thursday, May 10, 1945, p. 3 Robert Andrew Chesnut Ira Chesnut of Clearmont, Mo. received the following letter concerning his son recently killed in action. "Please accept the sincere condolences of the officers and men of Company B, 16th Infantry on the death of your son, Pfc Robert Chesnut, who was killed in action March 20 in Germany. Advancing with his company against desperate enemy resistance in the First Army bridgehead area east of the Rhine, your son was instantly killed by the explosion of an enemy artillery shell. Robert was buried in Belgium with a Protestant chaplain officiating... Read More	Clarinda Herald Journal, Thursday, May 10, 1945, p. 3 Robert Andrew Chesnut Ira Chesnut of Clearmont, Mo. received the following letter concerning his son recently killed in action. "Please accept the sincere condolences of the officers and men of Company B, 16th Infantry on the death of your son, Pfc Robert Chesnut, who was killed in action March 20 in Germany. Advancing with his company against desperate enemy resistance in the First Army bridgehead area east of the Rhine, your son was instantly killed by the explosion of an enemy artillery shell. Robert was buried in Belgium with a Protestant chaplain officiating at the services. Robert at all times was a good soldier and was liked by both men and officers." The letter was signed by Lt Lawrence Strickin, of the 16th Infantry division in Germany. Pfc Robert Andrew Chesnut was born August 9, 1921, at the home in Nodaway County, near Clearmont, Mo. where he lived until he was 20 years old, at which time he was inducted into the United States Army August 3, 1943. He first had eight weeks of basic training at Camp Callan, San Diego, Calif. then he was transferred to Fort Lawton, Wash. from there being shipped to Kodiak Island, Alaska, serving eighteen months here. On April 21, 1944, he was transferred back to the States to Fort Bliss, Texas. At this time he spent a twenty-day furlough with home folks, this being the first furlough the soldier had had since entering the army. On June 21, 1944, he received a ten-day furlough. He was in the anti-aircraft search light division until November 1, 1944, when he was transferred to the infantry and sent to Camp Maxey, Texas. He had six weeks of training here and the middle of December he was shipped to Fort George Meade, Md, from here going to New York and sailed for Europe. On January 21, 1945, he was assigned to the First Army and the first division. Robert attended the Plum Grove School eight years and then helped his parents on the farm. He leaves to mourn their loss his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Chesnut, one sister, Pauline Nicholas, and one brother-in-law, Cecil Nicholas, his fiancée, Leona Maye Koger, and his grandmother, Mrs. Lila Chesnut, also several aunts, uncles, cousins and a host of other relatives and friends.

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Robert Andrew Chesnut's memorial is located at: Shearer Cemetery, Braddyville, Page County, USA.
When did Robert Andrew Chesnut death?
Robert Andrew Chesnut death on 20 Mar 1945 in Germany
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Latitude: 40.6039009
Longitude: -94.9381027

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Parent

Ira Milton Chesnut

(1895 - 1977)

Dicie Anna Davison Chesnut

(1898 - 1986)

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