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BRYAN MICHAEL CHILCOTE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1947 – October 13, 1968
Service recordBryan Michael Chilcote, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 57
- AL DOUGLAS CORBOLance Corporal · October 13, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH CUMMINGS JRSpecialist Four · October 13, 1968
- WILLIAM LENORD DRUSCHELPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- JUAN CHAIRES DURAN JRPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM OLEN AUSTINPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 56
- JACK DUANE GOLDENPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 58
- JOHN MARK HANSENSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 58
- PIERCE MALLORY KIMBALLSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 59
- DAVID LEE LOCKARDSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 59
- WILLIAM GEORGE MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 60
- JOHN PETER PELLEGRINOSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 61
- AMAND RICHARD CARL SAINTPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 61
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.