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CHESTER A WINCHELL JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 4, 1944 – November 11, 1967
Service recordChester A Winchell JR, of Ft Gay, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 79
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Gay, West Virginia (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 79
- JEROME WILLIAM WALSHWarrant Officer · November 11, 1967
- CHARLES JAMES WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- MICHAEL HARRY YARTYMYKLance Corporal · November 11, 1967
- DAN S ALLEN IIISergeant · November 12, 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.