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CHARLES ROBERT CHEMIS
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 28, 1932 – October 17, 1965
Service recordCharles Robert Chemis, of Rayland, Ohio, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1965, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 124
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Cryptographic Systems Technician, Ima (6422)
- Born
- January 28, 1932
- Home of record
- Rayland, Ohio (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1965; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 124
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- ROBERT HARRY SCHULER JRMajor · October 15, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- JUAN BENITEZPrivate First Class · October 17, 1965
From Rayland
- CLARENCE EDWARD FETTYStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN BROWNStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1970
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.