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CHESTER ANTON WRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1947 – August 2, 1968
Service recordChester Anton Wright, of Coshocton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 1
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Coshocton, Ohio (Coshocton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 1
- DONALD BLUE SCOTTLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
- CRAIG FRANCIS SWAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- BILLY JOE TAYLORCorporal · August 2, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT TAYLORPetty Officer Second Class · August 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES DEMARR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 49
From Coshocton
- CHARLES KEITH WRIGHTSpecialist Four · June 21, 1966
- ROBERT ORAL KORNSMaster Sergeant · October 2, 1966
- MICHAEL SHANE CALEYCorporal · August 24, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE HESKETTSergeant · May 22, 1969
- DOUGLAS SCOTT KEMPFSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
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.