Chester Emery STAFFORD^[1]

1919 - 1943  (23 years)

• Name	Chester Emery STAFFORD
  Born	28 Dec 1919	Dover, Stewart Co., Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  _UID	8FAD45B2BC0B7343AE9C0302D375EEA1D6FD
  Died	26 Nov 1943	at Sea - WW II
  Buried	Ft. Donelson Nat. Cem., Dover, Stewart Co., Tennessee
  Person ID	I1127	Branch 060 Alexander Hamilton Stafford 1833 NY
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Joseph "Lawrence" STAFFORD,   b. 22 Feb 1897, Grand Rivers, Livingston Co., Kentucky ,   d. 22 Feb 1956, Granite City, Madison Co., Illinois  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Kate EMERY (OR EMORY),   b. 19 Aug 1899, Dover, Stewart Co., Tennessee ,   d. 23 Feb 1965, Granite City, Madison Co., Illinois  (Age 65 years)
  Married	6 Aug 1916	Dover, Stewart Co., Tennessee
  Family ID	F432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Betty Rebecca DOBBS,   b. 26 May 1920, Dover, Stewart Co., Tennessee ,   d. 27 Feb 1991  (Age 70 years)
  Married	21 Jun 1941	Dover, Stewart Co., Tennessee
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F435	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Chester served as a Technician Fifth Grade, 853rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation, U.S. Army Air Force during WW II. He was a passenger on the HMT Rohna which was sunk in the Mediterranean. This record is a "cenotaph" in his honor! Buried: Inscription TEC 5, H&S CO, 853 ENGR AVN BN, WORLD WAR II

  
  

• Sources

  [S55] Stafford Data Branch 89.