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Pfc Robert L Chasten

134th Infantry Regiment - Company H

Robert Lee Chasten was born February 28, 1914 in Reynolds, Missouri. He registered for the draft October 16, 1940 when he was 26 years old and living in Arcadia, Missouri. He was inducted in the Army November 12, 1943 and entered active service December 3, 1943 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He arrived in the ETO June 27, 1944, joined the Second Platoon, Company H, 134th Infantry Regiment as a Machine Gunner from the 86th Replacement Battalion on July 21, 1944 when the unit was in the vicinity of St Lo, France and was promoted to Private First Class August 8, 1944. He was wounded by a shell blast December 14, 1944 in the vicinity of Habkirchen, Germany. After recuperating from his wounds, he rejoined his unit April 10, 1945 when they were near Gelsenkirchen, Germany. After the war ended he returned to the U.S. aboard the Queen Mary, sailing from Southhampton, England on September 5, 1945 and arriving in New York Harbor five days later on Monday, September 10, 1945. For his service, Pfc Robert L Chasten was awarded the European African Middle East Campaign Medal with 4 Bronze Campaign Stars, the Combat Infantryman Badge, Purple Heart, and Good Conduct Medal. He was discharged from the Army November 9, 1945 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He passed away February 14, 1981 and is buried at Masonic Cemetery, Ironton, Missouri.

German parachute with roster of Second Platoon, Company H, 134th Infantry Regiment found somewhere in Germany on the 19th of April 1945 by Robert Chasten

Another section of a German paracute with a roster of Second Platoon, Company H was found near the Elbe River on April 16, 1945.

Thanks to Nicolas Georgie from the 35th Infantry Division Memory website for these pictures and information.