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ANTHONY GORDON CHANDLER
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
October 21, 1944 – June 16, 1968
Service recordAnthony Gordon Chandler, of Warner Robins, Georgia, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 16, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 1
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COMNAUSUPPACT DANANG
- Born
- October 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Warner Robins, Georgia (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 1
- DAVID JOSEPH BOLTONSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- THEODORE CHARLES BONDLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- FRANK BOWMANPetty Officer Second Class · June 16, 1968
- JAN ARTHUR CARMODYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
From Warner Robins
- HARRY MOSS KITCHENSStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- ALTON JIMMY FENNELLPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- HAROLD TOMPKINSPetty Officer First Class · April 10, 1968
- ALVIN MAYNARD SLATONCorporal · March 5, 1969
- WAYNE YEARWOOD STEWARTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- DAVID MARTIN ALLENWarrant Officer 1 · October 10, 1970
- DAVID EUGENE BRYANTSergeant · October 19, 1970
- DAVID LEE WAGNERTechnical Sergeant · May 17, 1972
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.