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CHESTER LEON GOINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 24, 1948 – August 15, 1969
Service recordChester Leon Goins, of Pasadena, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 44
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 44
- TYRONE CHATMANCorporal · August 15, 1969
- RICKY WAYNE CHURCHCorporal · August 15, 1969
- SANCHEZ ALEJO DELVALLESpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- JOHNNIE GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · August 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK CHARLES ARMIJOPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 43
- RAYMOND LIGONSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 46
- EARL JOHN OVERACKERSergeant First Class · Panel 19W, Line 46
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 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.