SGT Chester Ray Trawick

SGT Chester Ray Trawick was born 27 Feb 1920 in Damascus, Arkansas. He was the first born of the 7 children of Elmer Pitts and Ida Jane (Tarkington) Trawick. His father rented a farm near Union, Arkansas. Chester went to work in public works. 

Drafted in October 1941, SGT Trawick probably had several assignments before being transferred from the replacement depot to K Company 116th Infantry on 8 Sep 1944. He was killed in action on 9 Sep 1944 in Brest, France.

SGT Trawick was repatriated in 1948 and re-interred in the Holland Cemetery in Gravesville, Arkansas.