Selby F. Chabot
Westchester, New York
Born 1932
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Service Number 12306615
Killed in Action
Died September 22, 1950 in Korea
Private First Class Chabot was a member of the 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on September 22, 1950.
Private First Class Chabot was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Private Chabot was laid to rest with full military honors in Section 12 of Arlington National Cemetery.
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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