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CHESTER STATEN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 4, 1943 – April 13, 1965
Service recordChester Staten, of Rayville, Louisiana, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 13, 1965, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Born
- July 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Rayville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Added to the Wall
- 2015
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 43
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- THOMAS EVERETT RICEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- SHERDIN JAY WATKINSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
From Rayville
- CHARLES RICHARD MORGANPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2015, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.