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CHESTER JOHN SIMMONS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1947 – July 22, 1966
Service recordChester John Simmons, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 59
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
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 59
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- PHILLIP MALCOLM PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JOHN WALTER REAGANCorporal · July 22, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.