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AUSTIN RAY CHENOWETH
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 19, 1947 – January 15, 1969
Service recordAustin Ray Chenoweth, of Dove Creek, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Dove Creek, Colorado (Dolores County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34W, Line 5
- JAMES DOUGLAS CAREY JRPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- PETER RICHARD CARROLLLance Corporal · January 15, 1969
- JAN PAUL CHRISTENSENFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- JUAN ESQUIVEL CORTEZSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT JAY BAILEYSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 4
From Dove Creek
- ALAN EVERETT PILONCorporal · September 12, 1967
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.