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Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965.
Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965. Photo: SP5 Allan K. Holm, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Chester Melvin Ovnand.

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CHESTER MELVIN OVNAND

Master Sergeant · U.S. Army

September 8, 1914 – July 8, 1959

Service record

Chester Melvin Ovnand, of Copperas Cove, Texas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1959, in South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 1E · Line 1

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Master Sergeant (MSG)
Service
Regular
Unit (as recorded)
MAAG VIET
Born
September 8, 1914
Home of record
Copperas Cove, Texas (Coryell County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 8, 1959
Age
44
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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Two names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1959. In July 1959, 2 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Copperas Cove

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.