Chester Joseph C Fontenot

The database page for Chester Joseph C Fontenot

We went to Viet Nam together, flew to Khe Sanh Combat Base, he went to Hotel Co. 2nd Battalion 1st Marines. He was shot helping a wounded Marine while engaging a large NVA force around Hill 471 on Route 9 by Khe Sanh Ville, he was only in country 20 days. Chester was a good friend of mine. Chester is remembered by his brothers from Hotel 2/1 Marines

"You guys are the Marine's doctors - There's none better in the business than a Navy Corpsman ..." -- Lieutenant General "Chesty" Puller -- Visit John Dennison's Medics on the Wall memorial which honors the Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen who died in Vietnam.

The point-of-contact for this memorial is a fellow Corpsman, Michael Pipkin map2.1@juno.com  28 Jan 2003

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
Last updated 01/28/2003