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CHESTER MICHAEL RENCEVICZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1949 – July 27, 1968
Service recordChester Michael Rencevicz, of Burlington, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Burlington, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 20
- WARD KARL PATTONPetty Officer First Class · July 27, 1968
- ROY EDWIN PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1968
- THOMAS MILTON ROLANDPetty Officer Third Class · July 27, 1968
- ROBERT ANTHONY ROMEROSpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
From Burlington
- FRANK OGBURN JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- THOMAS ALLEN LOWDENStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1966
- JAMES HORACE KENNARDPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- HAROLD HENASEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- DANIEL OWEN ABERNATHYFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES DAVISMajor · May 2, 1975
- EZRA BUDD MARTERSergeant · April 1, 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.