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CHESTER JOHN MOSHIER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1934 – July 24, 1968
Service recordChester John Moshier JR, of Peekskill, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 1
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- January 16, 1934
- Home of record
- Peekskill, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 July 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 1
- CARL FREDERICK HODGES JRCorporal · July 24, 1968
- MARVIN PETER HUBBARDSpecialist Four · July 24, 1968
- JIMMIE LEE JEFFERSONCorporal · July 24, 1968
- HOWARD LEE KLENSKECorporal · July 24, 1968
From Peekskill
- OLIVER C CHASE JRCaptain · July 22, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN KELLYPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- DOUGLAS RONALD MOWBRAYPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN AMATOLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- FRANK JOHN GUICHAUDPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE ELSTON OSBORNESergeant · April 4, 1968
- JOHN BARDEN HUDSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD REEDCorporal · February 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LOUIS POGGISergeant · March 28, 1969
- WILLIAM TIMOTHY DORSEYPrivate First Class · July 3, 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.