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CHESTER LEWIS GABLE
Major · U.S. Air Force
August 13, 1922 – February 10, 1966
Service recordChester Lewis Gable, of Wichita Falls, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 10, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 24
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- August 13, 1922
- Home of record
- Wichita Falls, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1966
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 24
- KERMIT HAROLD YOHOSpecialist Four · February 10, 1966
- GEORGE KEVIN BEERESSpecialist Four · February 11, 1966
- SEBASTIAN PIADOCHE CANLASPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1966
- ROBERT OWEN CANTRELLSpecialist Four · February 11, 1966
From Wichita Falls
- RONALD ALAN MILLERSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · February 26, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE MOWERFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CLYDE WAYNE STEPHENSCorporal · June 19, 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.