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CLARENCE RAY CHAFFIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 23, 1947 – October 29, 1968
Service recordClarence Ray Chaffin, of Grapeland, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 53
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Grapeland, Texas (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 53
- CLYDE RAY CARTER JRCorporal · October 29, 1968
- RICHARD CLAYTON EWALDPrivate First Class · October 29, 1968
- DONALD LEE HARRISONMajor · October 29, 1968
- RAYMOND JAMES HARSTERPrivate · October 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CLAYTON EWALDPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 53
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.