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CHESTER BOB
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 19, 1949 – April 5, 1968
Service recordChester Bob, of Grand Coteau, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Grand Coteau, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 14
- JON MICHAEL YOUNGSpecialist Five · April 4, 1968
- DOUGLAS GRANT BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- WALTER JOHN BERNREUTHERCaptain · April 5, 1968
- VANCE ALYN BERRYSergeant · April 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALAN RUSSELL GUYMONSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 16
- JOHN CHARLES HAVLICKPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 17
- GARY ARTHUR RHODESSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 19
- PAUL HENRY STEIN JRCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 20
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.