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CHESTER ELMEARL BINGHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 18, 1944 – April 22, 1969
Service recordChester Elmearl Bingham, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 24
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
- October 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 24
- WILLIAM HODGES BAZEMORELance Corporal · April 22, 1969
- ROY ARNOLD CARROLLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1969
- ROBERT W CLIREHUGH JRCaptain · April 22, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES COUSARStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1969
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.