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CHESTER LLOYD LEE
Captain · U.S. Army
July 5, 1939 – April 1, 1966
Service recordChester Lloyd Lee, of Poyen, Arkansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police Officer (9110)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 716 MP BN USARV
- Born
- July 5, 1939
- Home of record
- Poyen, Arkansas (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 716 MP BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 72
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- MICHAEL TERENCE MULVANEYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL RANDSecond Lieutenant · April 1, 1966
- RICARDO HINOJOSA SOTOSergeant First Class · April 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK JOHN BREMSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 70
- MICHAEL TERENCE MULVANEYSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 72
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.