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CHESTER JON KMIT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 11, 1945 – February 5, 1969
Service recordChester Jon Kmit, of Williamsburg, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Williamsburg, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 65
- RODNEY HERSCHEL GOTTStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1969
- GEORGE LEE KELLAMSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- HOMER MORGAN LYNN JRMajor · February 5, 1969
- BENJAMIN MALDONADO-AGUILARSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LESTER CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 61
- JAMES THOMAS EDMONDSCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 62
- TONY LEE GRIFFITHSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 63
- BENJAMIN MALDONADO-AGUILARSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 65
- SALVATORE MANCUSOSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 66
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.