CHAPMAN, Arthur Edward


COMPANY B, 124TH INFANTRY
(Dade County)

Born: 27 January 1919 Miami, Florida.

Chapman had completed one year of high school, had experience in
construction and as a stock clerk and lived in Miami when he
first enlisted in Company B, 124th Infantry Regiment, 21
September 1937. He was inducted into federal service as a
Corporal 25 November 1940. He was later assigned to the 368TH
BOMB SQUADRON, 306TH BOMB GROUP and was a Staff Sergeant at the
time of his death.

KILLED IN ACTION; 9 October 1942, Northern France.

306th Bomb Group


(The 306th flew B-17 heavy bombers and was one of the first
groups to arrive in England to initiate daylight strategic
bombing raids against targets in Occupied Europe. Barely a month
after his arrival, Chapman was killed in the largest raid to
date; a one hundred bomber attack against the Factories and
engineering works of the Compagnie de Fiver and Ateliers
d'Hellemmer and the rail yards in and around Lille, France).





CHESSER, Evan Hughes


HEADQUARTERS BATTERY 265TH COAST ARTILLERY
(Duval County)

Born: 2 June 1921 Jacksonville, Florida.

Chesser had completed one year of high school, lived in
Jacksonville and worked as a clerk earning $18 per week when he
enlisted in the Headquarters Battery, 265th Coast Artillery 15
October 1940. He was inducted into federal service 6 January
1941. He was later assigned to the 63RD BOMB SQUADRON and was a
Captain at the time of his death.

His next of kin included Mayo Chesser, wife, Texas City, Texas,
Nora Chesser, mother, and William Chesser, brother, both of
Jacksonville, Florida.

DIED/KILLED; Plane crash, Southwest Pacific 9 January 1945.

63rd Bomb Squadron