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Chester
Kieser
Britt
POW (WWII)

Born:

, 

Wisconsin

Chester Britt graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1940. He retired as a U.S. Army Major.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Coast Artillery Corps)

    Regiment:

    301st Artillery

    Action Date:

    1942
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: First Lieutenant (Coast Artillery Corps) Chester Kieser Britt (ASN: 0-23078), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States while serving with the 301st Artillery in the Philippine Islands, in 1942.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Coast Artillery Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    1942 – 1945

    First Lieutenant (Coast Artillery Corps) Chester Kieser Britt (ASN: 0-23078), United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall the Philippine Islands in 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in 1945.