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ALPHONZO LINWOODEL CHAVIS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1944 – May 27, 1969
Service recordAlphonzo Linwoodel Chavis, of Sanford, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 115
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Sanford, North Carolina (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 115
- THOMAS ROBERT BLISSCorporal · May 27, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY CARTER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 27, 1969
- ALBERT J CARTLEDGE IIICorporal · May 27, 1969
- JAMES WOODFORD CLARKFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WOODFORD CLARKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 115
- HENRY RICHARD HAUSMAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 1
- ROBERT ARDELL PITTSPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 2
- KENNETH WILLIAM SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 4
From Sanford
- BRYAN EUGENE GROGANSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1965
- SAMUEL BESSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- LARRY GENE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT WILSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CURRINLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1967
- LEE ROY TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- DONALD RAY PYRANTCorporal · August 24, 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.