According to Marine Corps muster rolls, Chester Frank (Fritz) Lancaster, enlisted (or swore in) on 5 May 1917. He was attached to Company E at Mare Island, CA for basic training, which he completed in July 1917. He was then attached to 78th Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment in Quantico, VA.
The 78th Company embarked, 19 January 1918, on the USS Henderson at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and arrived at St. Nazaire, France, on 5 February 1918.
Chester was with the 78th Company until 13-14 June when most of the Company was injured or killed in a mustard gas attack.
Chester was evacuated to Juilly, also know as Army Red Cross Hospital No. 6. He stayed in France until 26 December 1918 when he was brought back to Quantico, VA on the USS North Carolina.
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