Son of Thomas Sumner & Nellie Elizabeth (Glines) Austin
Raised by his Aunt & Uncle, Nora & Henry Schwartz until he was 17, he then moved to IN to live with a sister Eunice.
Killed by friendly fire when the ship he was on was accidentally torpedoed by an American Submarine. He and about 1000 other POW's had just been released from a prison camp after being held captive (from 1942 - 1944) when their ship was sunk.
Chalmer was awarded the Purple Heart for Military Merit and Wounds received in action.
Raised by his Aunt & Uncle, Nora & Henry Schwartz until he was 17, he then moved to IN to live with a sister Eunice.
Killed by friendly fire when the ship he was on was accidentally torpedoed by an American Submarine. He and about 1000 other POW's had just been released from a prison camp after being held captive (from 1942 - 1944) when their ship was sunk.
Chalmer was awarded the Purple Heart for Military Merit and Wounds received in action.
Son of Thomas Sumner & Nellie Elizabeth (Glines) Austin
Raised by his Aunt & Uncle, Nora & Henry Schwartz until he was 17, he then moved to IN to live with a sister Eunice.
Killed by friendly fire when the ship he was on was accidentally torpedoed by an American Submarine. He and about 1000 other POW's had just been released from a prison camp after being held captive (from 1942 - 1944) when their ship was sunk.
Chalmer was awarded the Purple Heart for Military Merit and Wounds received in action.
Raised by his Aunt & Uncle, Nora & Henry Schwartz until he was 17, he then moved to IN to live with a sister Eunice.
Killed by friendly fire when the ship he was on was accidentally torpedoed by an American Submarine. He and about 1000 other POW's had just been released from a prison camp after being held captive (from 1942 - 1944) when their ship was sunk.
Chalmer was awarded the Purple Heart for Military Merit and Wounds received in action.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Indiana.
Family Members
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Records on Ancestry
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1920 United States Federal Census
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1930 United States Federal Census
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
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U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975
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