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LELAND MCLANE CHESTNUT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1948 – May 10, 1970
Service recordLeland McLane Chestnut, of Conway, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Conway, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 10
- RICHARD ARTHUR WELLSSergeant · May 9, 1970
- CHARLES ROBERT WESTStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- LARRY CLAYTON YOUNGSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- JAMES ARTHUR BLACKMONCorporal · May 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WALTER HOLTPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 12
- TERRY LEE KETTERCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 12
- RALPH OLIVER MURPHY IIICorporal · Panel 10W, Line 13
- GERALD JAMES LYNCHStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 14
From Conway
- SIMMIE BELLAMY JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- JOHNNIE PAUL SAWYERCaptain · June 10, 1966
- WILLARD FRANKLIN BEVERLYLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- CLAUDE LAVERNE COLLINSStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1967
- JOHN HENRY LANCEPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JAMES ROY BRYANTPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- RONALD DOUGLAS HINSONSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- CARL EDWARD TODDPetty Officer Third Class · March 25, 1969
- MICHAEL RAY SKIPPERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- EVERSON BENJAMIN FAISONSergeant · November 14, 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.