Buchanan County

 
Pvt. John Chesley Durham

 

 

 

John Chesley Durham was born July 7, 1919 to George Chesley and Genevieve May “Jennie” Antles Durham. He died July 11, 1943 and is buried in Campton Cemetery, Lamont, IA and memorialized at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, MO.

Pvt. Durham served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II with the 82nd Airborne (paratroopers). He was MIA/KIA in Sicily.

Source: ancestry.com