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CHATWIN ARNOLD STROTHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1947 – May 29, 1970
Service recordChatwin Arnold Strother, of Lockport, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Lockport, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 119
- ANDREW DAVID SMITH IIIFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1970
- GARY LYNN SPIEKERSpecialist Four · May 29, 1970
- JOHN L THOMPSON JRSpecialist Five · May 29, 1970
- FREDDY LAMAR BRATTONSergeant · May 30, 1970
From Lockport
- JOHN STEVEN AMBROSINISpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE CARROLLPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- PAUL HENRY STEIN JRCorporal · April 5, 1968
- FRANK JAY STRNADLance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- GARY STEVEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
- LEO JUAN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · November 22, 1968
- ROBERT LEE MITCHELLSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- GLEN ALAN JACKSON IIIConstructionman · January 31, 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.