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Chaney, John David |
| Birth |
1925 |
Wayne County, Illinois  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
CHAN.J004 |
| _FGRAVE |
56117588 |
| Military Service |
World War II, Seaman First Class, United States Navy [1] |
- Seaman First Class. Was killed in action on 19 June 1944 in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations. Awarded The Purple Heart Medal and otherwise entitled to The American Campaign Medal, The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and The WWII Victory Medal. Memorialized at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii. Honored also at the WWII Memorial at Flora, Illinois.
Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1900852
This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.
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Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007
On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans.
Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event.
This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. … |
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Military Service Ribbons, Chaney, John David (Unk-1944)
Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
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World War II Honoree, Chaney, John David (?-1944)
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American Campaign Medal, United States
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Chaney, John David (Unknown-1944)
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
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American Campaign Medal, United States Military
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Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
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Apprentice Seaman (AS), United States Navy, World War II
The piping for this rating was worn on the right shoulder
Source: https://www.uniform-reference.net/insignia/insignia_index.html
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Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
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Apprentice Seaman (AS), US Navy, WWII, (Piping)
The piping for this rating was worn on the right shoulder
Source: https://www.uniform-reference.net/insignia/insignia_index.html
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United States Navy
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
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United States Navy Enlisted Rates
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Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
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World War II
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United States Navy
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World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
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World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
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United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959)
In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,… |
| Death |
19 Jun 1944 [2] |
| Cause: Killed in Action |
| Burial |
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii [3, 4] |
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Honolulu Memorial, (aka Courts of the Missing) World War II, Chaney, John David
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Memorial, Chaney, John David
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Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii
The Honolulu Memorial is located within the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in an extinct volcano near the center of Honolulu, Hawaii.
On either side of the grand stairs leading to the memorial are eight courts of the missing on which are inscribed the names of the 18,095 American World War II missing from the Pacific, excluding… |
| Person ID |
I42971 |
Carl Wayne Gray Research |
| Last Modified |
15 May 2024 |
English
1925 - 1944 (19 years)
