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CHESTER LEON FREEMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 7, 1945 – December 4, 1966
Service recordChester Leon Freeman, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 5 BN 2 ARTY II FF
- Born
- September 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 10
- RICHARD HENRY GRUNBERGSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- GERALD MONROE HUBBARDStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DANIEL M JAVAPlatoon Sergeant · December 4, 1966
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
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.