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CHARLES CHANDLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 14, 1948 – April 18, 1969
Service recordCharles Chandler, of Albany, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 106
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 106
- JOHN BEECHLY COMBSSergeant · April 18, 1969
- CURTIS KEITH COOK JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
- ROBERT MAURICE CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
- GEORGE CLARENCE DAHLMANSpecialist Five · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALEXANDER BAKASpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 105
- THOMAS M FITZPATRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 108
- DANIEL MICHAEL LEAHYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 109
- ROY FRANCIS MAASSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 1
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEROY MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 2
- JOSEPH EDWARD MORROW JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 2
- RONALD EUGENE PONGRATZSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 3
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 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.