Wilcox, Chester Manning

Class Of
1941
Branch
MIA/KIA
KIA
Conflict
Born
June 23, 1891
Died
Aug. 26, 1918
Fraternity
Gamma Sigma Delta
Buried
River View Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon (Plot Sec 101, Lot 119, MS)
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Biography

Chester Wilcox was born in Portland, and signed the draft on 15 Jun 1917. He died in Camp Fremont California. His brother Artemus Wilcox created a poultry research scholarship in memory of him in 1961, this was to be an annual scholarship given to an outstanding student in poultry husbandry, with the first recipient being Stanley Kellerup. This scholarship was still in being awarded at Oregon State University in 2013.  https://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx71b934k#page/3/mode/1u... (pg 3) https://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx71br91w#page/6/mode/1u... (pg 6) https://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx719w135#page/46/mode/1... (pg 44) https://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx71br48m#page/5/mode/1u... (pg 5) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130050240