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CHESTER LYN HUGHEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 29, 1948 – December 14, 1969
Service recordChester Lyn Hughey, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 55
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 Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 55
- EUGENE CAULEY JRPrivate First Class · December 14, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE HEWITTSpecialist Four · December 14, 1969
- GRANT HAMLY HIGHSMITHStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1969
- CARL LEROY HUGHES JRPrivate First Class · December 14, 1969
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.