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ALVIN CHESTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 7, 1943 – July 5, 1965
Service recordAlvin Chester, of Window Rock, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 27
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Window Rock, Arizona (Apache County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1965; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 27
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- BRYAN EUGENE GROGANSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1965
- WILLIAM ARTHUR OBERGPrivate First Class · July 5, 1965
From Window Rock
- MICHAEL HOWARD BIAPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- ALVIN ADIKAI JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.