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Inducted From: Oregon
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 175th Infantry 29th Division
Death Date: 23 Apr 1945
Monument: The Netherlands
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards:
Purple Heart Medal
Silver Star Medal
Bronze Star Medal
WWII Enlistment:
Name: Harold C Chaney
Race: White, Citizen
Nativity State or Country: Oregon
State of Residence: Oregon
County or City: Washington
Enlistment Date: 14 Oct 1942
Enlistment State: Oregon
Enlistment City: Portland
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Attendants, filling stations and parking lots
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 71
Weight: 173
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Obit from the Coos Bay (Oregon) Times
4 May 1945, page 1, column 1:
Lt. H. Chaney Dies in Action
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Chaney of Millington, have been informed by the war department that their son, Lt. Harold Chaney, 22, killed in action in Germany, April 23. Lt. Chaney had been serving with the 29th division of the Ninth Army since July, 1944.
Lt. Chaney was graduated from Marshfield high school in 1940 and attended Oregon State college where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He entered the service in the fall of 1943.
Lt. Chaney is the brother of Wayne Chaney of Coos Bay, T/Sgt. Howard Chaney, now stationed with the army in Georgia, and of Mrs. Gilbert Rickeard of Millington.
A Special Thank You to Kent Asmussen for his kindness in finding & sharing the above Obit information
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1930 census:
His father was a bus-driver, born in Wisconsin
Name: Harold C Chaney
Home in 1930: Bunker Hill, Coos, Oregon
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1922
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: John W Chaney
Mother's name: Bertha Chaney
Race: White
Parents' birthplace: ?
Household Members: Name Age
John W Chaney 56
Bertha Chaney 47
Estel F Chaney 19
Wayne P Chaney 15
Howard S Chaney 12
Thelma L Chaney 10
Harold C Chaney 8
Inducted From: Oregon
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 175th Infantry 29th Division
Death Date: 23 Apr 1945
Monument: The Netherlands
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards:
Purple Heart Medal
Silver Star Medal
Bronze Star Medal
WWII Enlistment:
Name: Harold C Chaney
Race: White, Citizen
Nativity State or Country: Oregon
State of Residence: Oregon
County or City: Washington
Enlistment Date: 14 Oct 1942
Enlistment State: Oregon
Enlistment City: Portland
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Attendants, filling stations and parking lots
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 71
Weight: 173
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Obit from the Coos Bay (Oregon) Times
4 May 1945, page 1, column 1:
Lt. H. Chaney Dies in Action
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Chaney of Millington, have been informed by the war department that their son, Lt. Harold Chaney, 22, killed in action in Germany, April 23. Lt. Chaney had been serving with the 29th division of the Ninth Army since July, 1944.
Lt. Chaney was graduated from Marshfield high school in 1940 and attended Oregon State college where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He entered the service in the fall of 1943.
Lt. Chaney is the brother of Wayne Chaney of Coos Bay, T/Sgt. Howard Chaney, now stationed with the army in Georgia, and of Mrs. Gilbert Rickeard of Millington.
A Special Thank You to Kent Asmussen for his kindness in finding & sharing the above Obit information
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1930 census:
His father was a bus-driver, born in Wisconsin
Name: Harold C Chaney
Home in 1930: Bunker Hill, Coos, Oregon
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1922
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: John W Chaney
Mother's name: Bertha Chaney
Race: White
Parents' birthplace: ?
Household Members: Name Age
John W Chaney 56
Bertha Chaney 47
Estel F Chaney 19
Wayne P Chaney 15
Howard S Chaney 12
Thelma L Chaney 10
Harold C Chaney 8
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Inducted From: Oregon
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 175th Infantry 29th Division
Death Date: 23 Apr 1945
Monument: The Netherlands
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards:
Purple Heart Medal
Silver Star Medal
Bronze Star Medal
WWII Enlistment:
Name: Harold C Chaney
Race: White, Citizen
Nativity State or Country: Oregon
State of Residence: Oregon
County or City: Washington
Enlistment Date: 14 Oct 1942
Enlistment State: Oregon
Enlistment City: Portland
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Attendants, filling stations and parking lots
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 71
Weight: 173
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Obit from the Coos Bay (Oregon) Times
4 May 1945, page 1, column 1:
Lt. H. Chaney Dies in Action
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Chaney of Millington, have been informed by the war department that their son, Lt. Harold Chaney, 22, killed in action in Germany, April 23. Lt. Chaney had been serving with the 29th division of the Ninth Army since July, 1944.
Lt. Chaney was graduated from Marshfield high school in 1940 and attended Oregon State college where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He entered the service in the fall of 1943.
Lt. Chaney is the brother of Wayne Chaney of Coos Bay, T/Sgt. Howard Chaney, now stationed with the army in Georgia, and of Mrs. Gilbert Rickeard of Millington.
A Special Thank You to Kent Asmussen for his kindness in finding & sharing the above Obit information
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1930 census:
His father was a bus-driver, born in Wisconsin
Name: Harold C Chaney
Home in 1930: Bunker Hill, Coos, Oregon
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1922
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: John W Chaney
Mother's name: Bertha Chaney
Race: White
Parents' birthplace: ?
Household Members: Name Age
John W Chaney 56
Bertha Chaney 47
Estel F Chaney 19
Wayne P Chaney 15
Howard S Chaney 12
Thelma L Chaney 10
Harold C Chaney 8
Inducted From: Oregon
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 175th Infantry 29th Division
Death Date: 23 Apr 1945
Monument: The Netherlands
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards:
Purple Heart Medal
Silver Star Medal
Bronze Star Medal
WWII Enlistment:
Name: Harold C Chaney
Race: White, Citizen
Nativity State or Country: Oregon
State of Residence: Oregon
County or City: Washington
Enlistment Date: 14 Oct 1942
Enlistment State: Oregon
Enlistment City: Portland
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Attendants, filling stations and parking lots
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 71
Weight: 173
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Obit from the Coos Bay (Oregon) Times
4 May 1945, page 1, column 1:
Lt. H. Chaney Dies in Action
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Chaney of Millington, have been informed by the war department that their son, Lt. Harold Chaney, 22, killed in action in Germany, April 23. Lt. Chaney had been serving with the 29th division of the Ninth Army since July, 1944.
Lt. Chaney was graduated from Marshfield high school in 1940 and attended Oregon State college where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He entered the service in the fall of 1943.
Lt. Chaney is the brother of Wayne Chaney of Coos Bay, T/Sgt. Howard Chaney, now stationed with the army in Georgia, and of Mrs. Gilbert Rickeard of Millington.
A Special Thank You to Kent Asmussen for his kindness in finding & sharing the above Obit information
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1930 census:
His father was a bus-driver, born in Wisconsin
Name: Harold C Chaney
Home in 1930: Bunker Hill, Coos, Oregon
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1922
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: John W Chaney
Mother's name: Bertha Chaney
Race: White
Parents' birthplace: ?
Household Members: Name Age
John W Chaney 56
Bertha Chaney 47
Estel F Chaney 19
Wayne P Chaney 15
Howard S Chaney 12
Thelma L Chaney 10
Harold C Chaney 8
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