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JOHN LANE CHESEBROUGH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 7, 1949 – September 17, 1969
Service recordJohn Lane Chesebrough, of Beaufort, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 100
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Beaufort, South Carolina (Beaufort County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 100
- JERRY EDWIN BARKERLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
- RONALD BURK BISHOPStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1969
- KENNETH GEORGE BURLOCK JRSpecialist Four · September 17, 1969
- MELVIN RONALD CHILDERSLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL BRIAN MCGINNISPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 104
- HARVEY LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 107
From Beaufort
- ROBERT LEE OWENSSergeant · May 10, 1968
- JAMES EDWIN MELVIN JRSergeant · December 13, 1969
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.