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CHESTER THEO HOWARD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 3, 1948 – January 20, 1970
Service recordChester Theo Howard JR, of Winona, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Winona, Mississippi (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 49
- ROBERT JOHN GASKO JRPrivate First Class · January 20, 1970
- GERALD ALAN GAUTHIERSergeant · January 20, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH HOLLANDFirst Lieutenant · January 20, 1970
- EVERETT DENNIS KEATONCaptain · January 20, 1970
From Winona
- CARTER LEE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- HUBERT CROOMPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- HYLAN LYNN CROWDERLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- JIMMIE LEE FORRESTLance Corporal · April 5, 1969
- GUY WILSON HESTER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 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.