Obit of Sargent, Chester C. - Comanche County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 18 Nov 2007 Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::NOT LISTED Sargent, U.S. Army, Ret., Col. Chester C. November 17, 1922 ~ December 24, 2006 CARMEL VALLEY – Col. Chester C. Sargent, U.S. Army, Ret., age 84, died Sunday, December 24, 2006 after a brief illness. He was born in Newton, MA and grew up on Army posts, spending many of his early years at Fort Sill, OK. Col. Sargent was an Armor Officer in the United States Army with 30 years of service in Tank Research and Development. His career spanned from the end of World War II to Vietnam, and he was always most proud of the impact he had during his command of the 1/35 Armor Battalion in Germany from 1966-1967. After retiring in 1975, he moved with his wife to Carmel Valley, where until recently he remained active in the Fort Ord Area Retiree Council and as a watch stander at the Maritime Museum of Monterey. Col. Sargent is survived by his son, Douglas Sargent; his daughter- in-law, Karen Gawthrop Sargent; and his two grandchildren, Scott and Brian Sargent, all of Westminster, MA. He also has a cousin, Kaye McGee, in London, England. His wife, Shirley, passed on in 1997. Memorial services will be held at the Ord Military Community Chapel at 2PM on Friday, December 29, 2006. Donations may be sent "In Memory of Col. Chester C. Sargent" to either: Association of Graduates, Attn: Nancy Calhelha , United States Military Academy, Herbert Hall, Bldg 698, West Point, NY 10996; or Best Friends Animal Society, 5001 Angel Canyon Rd., Kanab, UT 84741-5000. Published in the Monterey Herald on 12/28/2006. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html