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JOHN T MCCHESNEY III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 9, 1947 – January 23, 1968
Service recordJohn T McChesney III, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 17
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 17
- DONALD GORDON MACINTOSHSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- JOSEPH STANLEY MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
- THOMAS RICKARD PEARSON JRSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1968
- JOSEPH VIEIRASpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.