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HENRY J CHESTER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 6, 1948 – March 14, 1968
Service recordHenry J Chester JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 44
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44E, Line 44
- LUCIUS ANDERSON JRSergeant · March 14, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM CAWLEYSeaman · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JACOB GUNTHERSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 43
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · Panel 44E, Line 44
- HARRY JOSEPH ELLIS IIISergeant · Panel 44E, Line 45
- MICHAUEL DON FERGUSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 46
- JIMMIE RAY HARRISONMaster Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 47
- PATRICK ARNOLD LUCEROSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 48
- THOMAS ROBERT POPEPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 52
- ERNEST HAROLD YOUNG IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 56
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.