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CHESTER DECATUR FEWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1946 – January 9, 1967
Service recordChester Decatur Fewell, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 130
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 130
- DAVID LEE BLUNNPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CLEMENSHospitalman · January 9, 1967
- TOM FLANAGANSergeant · January 9, 1967
- DANA RICHARD KELLEYAirman First Class · January 9, 1967
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1967
- CURTIS OWENS MATIERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
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.