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JOSEPH LYONS CHESTNUT
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
July 15, 1934 – October 13, 1970
Service recordJoseph Lyons Chestnut, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on October 13, 1970, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 132
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1053A)
- Born
- July 15, 1934
- Home of record
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Rutherford County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 13, 1970
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1970. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 132
- ROBERT EDWARD HARPERCaptain · October 13, 1970
- LOUIS EMIL JANCAFirst Sergeant · October 13, 1970
- GEORGE HENRY KINGSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 13, 1970
- ANIBAL P LOZADA-WICHYSpecialist Four · October 13, 1970
From Murfreesboro
- GEORGE WILLIAM BURKHEARTFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1965
- ROBERT OLIVER GARANTCorporal · July 29, 1966
- LARRY DON EARLSFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1967
- JOE RAYMOND FULGHUM JRCaptain · February 2, 1967
- ROBERT RAY BOYDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- RONALD JOHN ENSLEY JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD WADEStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- EUGENE MERRILL WOODSONSergeant · August 8, 1968
- GEORGE D OSBORNESergeant · October 4, 1968
- JAMES TIMOTHY LUSCINSKICaptain · October 8, 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.