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CHESTER AUBREY MOLLETT
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1943 – February 16, 1970
Service recordChester Aubrey Mollett, of Peytona, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 21
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Peytona, West Virginia (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 21
- PASTOR FRANCISCO RUIZStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1970
- JOEL WARREN SAMPSELLFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES WIESECorporal · February 16, 1970
- JAMES TERENCE BATEMANWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 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.