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CHESTER KEITH NUESSE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 5, 1947 – March 11, 1967
Service recordChester Keith Nuesse, of Fremont, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 64
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Fremont, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 64
- FRED WALTER PACKSergeant · March 11, 1967
- BRADLEY EUGENE PETERSONStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1967
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- DOYLE WELLS REEVESLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD HARDING BALLARDCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 56
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 56
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 57
- FORREST DEAN HOEMEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 57
- FRANK CARL ESPOSITOPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 58
- LARRY L HOBBSCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 59
- JAMES TOSHI KAJIWARASergeant · Panel 16E, Line 60
- JAMES MICHAEL KENDRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 61
- RONALD LEE MANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 62
- JOHN DARRELL NOKESPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 62
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 64
- ROLAND JUNIOR SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 65
- GALE KURK VOGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 66
- ROBERT CARL VOLTZPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 66
From Fremont
- JESSE ROMERO CASTROPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE DEMELLOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD BRADYSergeant · November 21, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE JONESLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE CLARKSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
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.