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GERRY GEORGE CHESNUT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 22, 1936 – December 2, 1967
Service recordGerry George Chesnut, of Escalante, Utah, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1936
- Home of record
- Escalante, Utah (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 23
- RICHARD ALEXANDER CROSBYStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- GEORGE LLOYD DUPLESSISCorporal · December 2, 1967
- WILLIAM LAMAR DWIGHTLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 23
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.