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JEFFERSON CLIFFORD CHESNUTT
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1942 – May 8, 1967
Service recordJefferson Clifford Chesnutt, of Hixson, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 56
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- May 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Hixson, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 56
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CAINPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- MICHAEL CHEROFFSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- DAVID LUHVER CLEVELANDCorporal · May 8, 1967
- LEON LAWRENCE CORNWELL JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
From Hixson
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SHORTCorporal · April 13, 1968
- RONDAL LEE BURNSCorporal · June 16, 1969
- DANIEL EARNEST NELMSPrivate First Class · May 22, 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.