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CHARLES MICHAEL CHESSHER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 3, 1949 – May 24, 1968
Service recordCharles Michael Chessher, of Crestview, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Crestview, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 6
- RICHARD CARRILLOPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- DWIGHT WAYNE CARROLLPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD CASSIDYPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- CLINTON CHAPMANCorporal · May 24, 1968
From Crestview
- BOBBY G MASONSergeant · October 8, 1965
- JOHNNY WAYNE GOULDStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1967
- EDWARD CHARLES MCGRATHSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- JAMES HAYES HALLCorporal · November 30, 1968
- HOLLEY DEWITT MATTHEWSStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1969
- PAUL EDWIN STROUSEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- ROLAND FORREST DIPOLOPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- FREDERICK LEE FIELDSSpecialist Four · November 30, 1970
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.