Chester Joseph Clyde Fontenot
Hospitalman
H&S CO, 2ND BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Navy
Luling, Louisiana
January 24, 1947 to May 17, 1968
CHESTER J FONTENOT is on the Wall at Panel 62E, Line 4

usnfmfhm.gif
 
phndvsvc.gif
 
Combat Action Ribbon
 
Chester J Fontenot
3rdmaf.gif 1mardiv.gif 1stmarines.gif

 
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.


Contact Us © Copyright 1997-2019 www.VirtualWall.org, Ltd ®(TM) Last update 08/15/2019.