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CHESLEY ALEXANDER STORY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1948 – March 21, 1968
Service recordChesley Alexander Story, of Mt Gilead, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 51
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
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Mt Gilead, North Carolina (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 45E, Line 51
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 1968
- RONALD JAMES ROMEROCorporal · March 21, 1968
- RUDOLPHO SANCHEZCorporal · March 21, 1968
- CARL MICHAEL STITELYStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1968
From Mt Gilead
- SAMMY FRANKLIN MONROELance Corporal · February 27, 1967
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.