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CHESTER MCDANIEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 12, 1947 – September 18, 1968
Service recordChester McDaniel, of Wynne, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Wynne, Arkansas (Cross County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 29
- FREDDIE LEON LOWERYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER DUTCHER LUCCIChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 18, 1968
- GILBERT MERILL MAESTASSergeant · September 18, 1968
- JAMES RAYMOND MCCOYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD ZIBURA JRCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 32
From Wynne
- THERMAN MORRIS WALLERChief Master Sergeant · February 3, 1966
- GARY THOMAS FUTRELLStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE HUBBARDPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- OVERTIS HINTON JRCorporal · May 19, 1968
- SAMMIE LEE WARRENPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- WESLEY OTERIA CODYCorporal · August 26, 1970
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.