CHESTER P TUTTLE POST 279
Chester P. Tuttle was born in Needham Massachusetts on November 4, 1895 to Chester F. and Ada J. (Percy) Tuttle. In May of 1909 he moved from a farm in Sullivan New Hampshire to a farm in Auburn which was the Adamsky Vegetable Farm. He worked on this farm until October 6, 1917 when he enlisted in the Army.
From Camp Devins he went to Gordon, Georgia where he joined Battery 8, 319th Filed Artillery, 82nd Division. He went overseas on May 19, 1918 and was wounded in France on October 31, 1918. He died the following day and was buried in France.
In 1921 his body was brought home and services were held a the First Congregational Church of which he was a member. His body was interned in the Tuttle lot in Hillside Cemetery, Auburn. At the time of his death, he was survived by his parents, two sisters, Florence and Alice (Tuttle) Bratt and a brother, Earl Tuttle.