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CHESTER JOSEPH SCHULTZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 3, 1950 – October 7, 1968
Service recordChester Joseph Schultz, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- June 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 26
- DANIEL LEE QUIMBYLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- WALTER GARLAND RICE JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- STEVEN OWEN SCHNELLERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- CARREY EUGENE SCROGGINSPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.