Filar Chester F.

Monuments

The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan

Name:

Chester F. Filar

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

Unit:

373rd Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-09-28

State:

Illinois

Cemetery:

Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery, Illinois

Plot:

Section 50

Row:

Grave:

Lot 75

Decoration:

Comments:

Chester F. Filar was born on February 2, 1923 He served as a Staff Sergeant and Gunner on B-24J #42-109970, 373rd Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force that crashed in China during WW II. He died on September 28, 1944 at the age of 21 and is now buried in the Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery, Niles, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

Chester served as an aviator in WWII and was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China but hid middle name's initial is inscribed as Q.