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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Andrew Peter Chamaj.

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ANDREW PETER CHAMAJ

Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy

July 12, 1942 – July 15, 1966

Service record

Andrew Peter Chamaj, of Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 15, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 9E · Line 22

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Born
July 12, 1942
Home of record
Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania (Washington County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 15, 1966
Age
24
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)

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30 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1966; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 9E, Line 22

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.