When Chester Bishop Haney was born on December 19, 1920, in Tennessee, his father, John, was 20 and his mother, Callie, was 18. He had two sisters. He died on October 9, 1944, in the Netherlands at the age of 23, and was buried in Athens, Tennessee.

  • Rank: Corporal
  • Date of birth:
  • 19 December 1920
  • Date of death: 9 October 1944
  • County: McMinn
  • Hometown: Athens
  • Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
  • Division/Assignment: Battery C, 81st Airborne
  • Theater: Europe
  • Conflict: World War II
  • Awards: Purple Heart
  • Burial/Memorial Location: Cedar Grove, Athens, McMinn, Tennessee, USA
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