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EUGENE NATHANIEL CHESLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 9, 1944 – February 5, 1966
Service recordEugene Nathaniel Chesley, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 4
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- JERRY IRVEN HELLANDPrivate First Class · February 5, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD LEERStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD LEERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 4
- FRANKLIN GODFREY TODDSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 5
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.