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CHESTER LEE JACKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 7, 1946 – September 5, 1969
Service recordChester Lee Jackson, of Riverside, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 39
- GARY CURTIS HARWELLCorporal · September 5, 1969
- RON JACKSON HAYNESPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- RICHARD RAMSEL HUGHESSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- FRED ORR JACKSON JRCaptain · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRED ORR JACKSON JRCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 39
- TERRANCE EDWARD LEDDENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 40
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 1967
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.