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AUGUST CHIASERA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1947 – February 1, 1967
Service recordAugust Chiasera JR, of North Tonawanda, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 103
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- North Tonawanda, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 103
- JERRY EDWARD BROOKSPrivate First Class · February 1, 1967
- WALTER RALPH DALEYFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1967
- DAVID JOSEPH FRISCHMANNLance Corporal · February 1, 1967
- JAMES D HENDERSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES D HENDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 103
- WILLIAM D SCHADDELEESergeant · Panel 14E, Line 106
From North Tonawanda
- THOMAS JOSEPH FOXPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- MARK RICHARD HERINGSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- NORMAN LAWRENCE KELLERSpecialist Four · June 4, 1968
- LON GALE CARRPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
- DOUGLAS MARK SMITHCorporal · September 11, 1968
- DARYL JAY SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- GARY LEE BOWDLERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- ARTHUR FISHERSergeant · November 20, 1970
- MICHAEL SCHMIDTFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1971
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.