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Claudie Chester Howell
Cenotaph

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Claudie Chester Howell

Birth
Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA
Death
24 Oct 1944 (aged 30)
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines
Cenotaph
Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA
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Howell family
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In Memory
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CLAUDIE CHESTER HOWELL
April 22, 1914-October 24, 1944

(NOTE- Chester was a member of an Engineering Aviation Battalion and died on duty in the Netherlands Indies in October, 1944. He was killed in an accident while working on an air strip, being killed by a fallen tree.

He is buried at Fort McKinley, U.S. Military Cemetery (Manila, Philippine I Chester C. Howell, ASN 6 973 016, Plot D, Row 7, Grave 211. see photo for military headstone order -signed by his FATHER..

There is a memorial for him there and here at Keith cemetery.
see.
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines
PLOT Plot D Row 7 Grave 211
MEMORIAL ID 56783146
one should be marked a cenotaph -his military marker is her with parents and siblings)
also note that THAT memorial states he was a PFC.. this marker at Keith states he was a SGT.
The military records do not show.
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dates from previous entry by
original creator. changed on June 29. 2020
to dates and death location
suggestion by

Rodney DeLozier
47579251
06/29/2020
☆☆☆☆
there is a difference in his actual birth date and what is shown on his marker.

Claudie Howell (11477120)

Suggested edit: In the 1920 Census he was 5 years old.
In the 1930 Census he was 15 years old.
In the 1940 Census he was 25 years old.
Contributor: Rodney DeLozier (47579251)
06/30/2020
In Memory
of
CLAUDIE CHESTER HOWELL
April 22, 1914-October 24, 1944

(NOTE- Chester was a member of an Engineering Aviation Battalion and died on duty in the Netherlands Indies in October, 1944. He was killed in an accident while working on an air strip, being killed by a fallen tree.

He is buried at Fort McKinley, U.S. Military Cemetery (Manila, Philippine I Chester C. Howell, ASN 6 973 016, Plot D, Row 7, Grave 211. see photo for military headstone order -signed by his FATHER..

There is a memorial for him there and here at Keith cemetery.
see.
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines
PLOT Plot D Row 7 Grave 211
MEMORIAL ID 56783146
one should be marked a cenotaph -his military marker is her with parents and siblings)
also note that THAT memorial states he was a PFC.. this marker at Keith states he was a SGT.
The military records do not show.
*************
dates from previous entry by
original creator. changed on June 29. 2020
to dates and death location
suggestion by

Rodney DeLozier
47579251
06/29/2020
☆☆☆☆
there is a difference in his actual birth date and what is shown on his marker.

Claudie Howell (11477120)

Suggested edit: In the 1920 Census he was 5 years old.
In the 1930 Census he was 15 years old.
In the 1940 Census he was 25 years old.
Contributor: Rodney DeLozier (47579251)
06/30/2020

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