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ALLAN RAY CHAFFIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 3, 1947 – May 15, 1967
Service recordAllan Ray Chaffin, of Anniston, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 125
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Anniston, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 125
- CHESTER ARTHUR LEDERHOUSE JRLance Corporal · July 13, 1966
- NEIL ELLIS BATEMANPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- LONNIE R BUTTSSpecialist Five · May 15, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM CASEYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- BRUCE ADRION ILESCorporal · May 15, 1967
From Anniston
- EDWARD CHARLES UPNERStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- WAYMOND NELSON STEPHENSONPrivate · February 15, 1966
- FRANK PAUL JENKINS JRLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- CHARLES DEAN POPECorporal · December 27, 1967
- JAMES DAVID CRAFTCorporal · April 19, 1968
- ROBERT HAL MUNDYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD STANDRIDGEStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- FRANCHOT TONE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- DAVID J ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- DARNELL PATRICK MURRAYStaff Sergeant · August 4, 1968
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.