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CHESTER ANDREW MOLLEY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 9, 1945 – April 23, 1969
Service recordChester Andrew Molley, of Morristown, Tennessee, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 33
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- June 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Morristown, Tennessee (Hamblen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 33
- ROGER DALE CURTISSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
- JOHN HENRY MCSWINEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- JOHN RAY MIFFLINSergeant · April 23, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE MOONSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
From Morristown
- ARTHUR WAYNE GLOVERSpecialist Four · February 9, 1964
- BOBBY JOE QUINNPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ROY EDWARD SOUTHERLANDFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIAM BLAIR REAMS JRMajor · November 11, 1968
- JIMMY DARRELL COURTNEYPrivate First Class · July 25, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL COUCHLance Corporal · September 10, 1973
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.