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CHET EUGENE MCPHETERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 5, 1946 – March 14, 1968
Service recordChet Eugene McPheters, of Clearwater, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 51
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Clearwater, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 51
- RONALD GENE MCCRAWSergeant · March 14, 1968
- EUGENE NELSONFireman · March 14, 1968
- NICHOLAS PARASILITILance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- DUANE RINEHARDT PASSIGSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANGELO VIRGONAPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 55
- DONALD EDWARD WEITZPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 55
From Clearwater
- ROBERT LOUIS SANDNERCaptain · June 7, 1966
- BARRY RONAL DELPHINCaptain · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- MORRIS FRANKLIN DIXON JRCorporal · May 9, 1967
- JOHN ROLAND BURKECorporal · June 6, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH VANVLECKPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1967
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · November 27, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
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.