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Chester Marion Bridges[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Male 1923 - 1982

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  • Birth  4 May 1923 
    Gender  Male 
    _UID  3822AD606568E54482E1A84990F73AC73952 
    Died  12 Nov 1982  Sacramento, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Sacramento, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I18  Bridges Family Tree
    Last Modified  06 Mar 2009 
     
    Father  John Thomas Bridges,   b. 16 Aug 1889, Austin, Cass County, MO Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1967, Adrian, Bates County, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Anna Isabel Dunning,   b. 12 Sep 1895, Jasper, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1947, Austin, Cass County, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  20 Jan 1917  Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID  95D6D79FE208CB4BA965C6A600ABE07B6159 
    Documents
    WW 1 Draft Card    		WW 1 Draft Card
    John Thomas Bridges' World War 1 Draft Card
    Marriage License    		Marriage License
    John Thomas Bridges - Ann Isabelle Smith Marriage License
    Family ID  F3  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Lillian Bridges 
    _UID  84043AE502BCBB48A438A2A4393E5510664B 
    Family ID  F13  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Name: Chester M Bridges
      Birth Year: 1923
      Race: White, citizen (White)
      Nativity State or Country: Missouri
      State: Missouri
      County or City: Howell

      Enlistment Date: 4 Dec 1945
      Enlistment State: California
      Enlistment City: San Francisco
      Branch: Air Corps
      Branch Code: Air Corps
      Grade: Corporal
      Grade Code: Corporal
      Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for Hawaiian Department
      Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
      Source: Enlisted Man, Philippine Scout or recall to AD of an enlisted man who had been transferred to the ERC

      Education: Grammar school
      Civil Occupation: Riveter, Pneumatic
      Marital Status: Single, with dependents
      Height: 87
      Weight: 479

      The last two years of his life, Chester had US Secret Service Agents watching him 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This was because he had said, while being treated in a VA Hospital, that “the only thing wrong with John Hinckley was that he didn't use a big enough gun”. Chester did not like President Ronald Reagan even when he was the Governor of California, he wasn't a Democrat he just didn't like Ronald Reagan. All during this time, the only places that Chester was able to go was to the VA Hospital for treatment and back home. He had a hole in his back from the cancer that had to be packed with 10 yards of gauze twice daily.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S31] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946.
      Regular Army - Army Air Corps

    2. [S32] Korean Conflict.
      Regular Army - Army Air Corps

    3. [S34] US Army Air Corps.

    4. [S21] 1925 Census, 1855 - 1925 Kansas State Census Collection.

    5. [S14] 1930 US Federal Census.

    6. [S1] Bridges Family Bible.


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