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Adrian Perry Chandler

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Adrian Perry Chandler Veteran

Birth
Tioga, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
5 Apr 1989 (aged 71)
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Burial
Reno, Lamar County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.6636009, Longitude: -95.4741974
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There is a marker there for him at the Frazier Cemetery, Grant Parish, Louisiana but he is buried at the Union Grove Cemetery, Lamar Co., Texas.

Notes: LAMAR COUNTY ECHO, April 13, 1989, p.4. 'Adrian P. Chandler, 71, of Houston, formerly of Blossom, died Wednesday, April 5, at Herrman Hospital there. Services were held Saturday, April 8, at Bright-Holland Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Wilbur Simmons officiating. Military graveside rites were conducted at Union Grove Cemetery. Mr. Chandler was born Sept, 30, 1917, in Bentley, La., a son of Oscar Charles and Mary Frazier Chandler. He married Blanche Rhinehart on Sept. 21, 1971, in Houston. He died Oct. 8, 1987. He was a Baptist and was retired from the Marines. He served in World War II and served five years in a concentration camp and received the Congressional Medal of Honor, one Silver Star, five Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. He was preceded in death by a son, Mark Steven Chandler.' *Double marker with Blanch N. Chandler. Tombstone is inscribed, 'Sgt. USMC WW II.' Buried next to Homer Deene Foster.

There is a marker there for him at the Frazier Cemetery, Grant Parish, Louisiana but he is buried at the Union Grove Cemetery, Lamar Co., Texas.

Notes: LAMAR COUNTY ECHO, April 13, 1989, p.4. 'Adrian P. Chandler, 71, of Houston, formerly of Blossom, died Wednesday, April 5, at Herrman Hospital there. Services were held Saturday, April 8, at Bright-Holland Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Wilbur Simmons officiating. Military graveside rites were conducted at Union Grove Cemetery. Mr. Chandler was born Sept, 30, 1917, in Bentley, La., a son of Oscar Charles and Mary Frazier Chandler. He married Blanche Rhinehart on Sept. 21, 1971, in Houston. He died Oct. 8, 1987. He was a Baptist and was retired from the Marines. He served in World War II and served five years in a concentration camp and received the Congressional Medal of Honor, one Silver Star, five Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. He was preceded in death by a son, Mark Steven Chandler.' *Double marker with Blanch N. Chandler. Tombstone is inscribed, 'Sgt. USMC WW II.' Buried next to Homer Deene Foster.



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