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CHESTER STACY HUGHES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1947 – September 19, 1966
Service recordChester Stacy Hughes, of Bristol, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 119
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Bristol, Tennessee (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 119
- DAVID ALAN HENRYLieutenant (junior grade) · September 19, 1966
- LINWOOD MCCOY HOLMESSergeant · September 19, 1966
- ALBERT STEVEN HURTADOLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM JACKSONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
From Bristol
- JASPER DUEL CLARDYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- FRED LEWIS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- CARL C SPANGLERStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- GEORGE WAYNE MCREYNOLDSSpecialist Five · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Five · January 25, 1970
- GARRY LEE WORLEYCorporal · April 23, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM BARNETTStaff Sergeant · May 2, 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.