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CHALMERS CLAUDE HUMPHREYS
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 9, 1930 – August 17, 1969
Service recordChalmers Claude Humphreys, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 54
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 9, 1930
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 54
- FRANK A FRANGELLASergeant First Class · August 17, 1969
- GREGORY JOSEPH GEESpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
- WILLIAM PHILIP GOODINGSergeant · August 17, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT HOPKINSCorporal · August 17, 1969
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.