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CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTT
Major · U.S. Air Force
August 13, 1934 – September 30, 1965
Service recordChambless M Chesnutt, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 30, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 13, 1934
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 98
- WALTER JOSEPH BIENKOWSKILance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ELLIAS BOULLIONLance Corporal · September 29, 1965
- GORDON LEE TAYLORSpecialist Four · September 29, 1965
- JAMES WHEATONLance Corporal · September 29, 1965
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- BILLY JOE WAYMIREChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 1966
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.