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CHESTER CALVIN CARRICO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1949 – February 1, 1970
Service recordChester Calvin Carrico JR, of Joplin, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 88
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Joplin, Missouri (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 88
- JAMES BRENT BROWNSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
- JAMES CONRAD CARMANPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
- EDWARD LEE CRAIGSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
- RUSSELL ALBERT STEINDAMFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1970
From Joplin
- WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Five · October 21, 1965
- LAWRENCE MCCREAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- VIRGIL MADISON LEDFORDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- HAROLD LEROY CARVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- MONTY RAE SEWELLLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CHARLES BRENT HORTONLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JIMMY DALE HATFIELDPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- ROBERT JACK RUHL JRCorporal · February 12, 1968
- JOE RAY WHITTEDSergeant · May 15, 1968
- LARRY DEAN PLILERSergeant · May 31, 1968
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.