Houston Chastain was born on 5 February 1925 in Greenville, South Carolina, the son of Oscie Ola Chastain.
He Died 10 June 1945
7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Company F
The Kingsport News, 13 March 1949:
Funeral services for PFC Houston Chastain, U.S. Marines, who died June 10, 1945 of wounds received on Okinawa, will be held at Holly Springs Cemetery, Pickens, S.C. Private Chastain, a former student of Dobyns-Bennett High school, had made his home here with an aunt, Mrs. A.L. Dean, 1765 Circle Drive for ten years prior to his entering the service in 1944. Following his basic training he was sent overseas in late 1944.
Private Chastain had been awarded the Purple Heart and the Asiatic Pacific Medal.
Survivors include his grandfather, C.W. Chastain, 1765 Circle Drive, two aunts, Mrs. A.L. Dean of 1765 Circle Drive and Mrs. W.E. Tipton of Route 8, Kingsport; five uncles, Waymon Chastain, Clifton Chastain and Fulton Chastain of Charlotte, N.C., C.J. Chastain of Sanford, N.C. and Nathan Chastain of Vero Beach, Fla.
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 5 February 1925
- Date of death: 10 June 1945
- County: Sullivan
- Hometown: Kingsport
- Service Branch: Marine Corps
- Division/Assignment: 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division
- Theater: Pacific
- Conflict: World War II
- Battles: Okinawa
- Awards: Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
- Burial/Memorial Location: Holly Springs Cemetery, Pickens, South Carolina
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XVIII, Top Panel
- Sponsored by: Robert Craft
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