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CONNIE LEROY CHANDLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1930 – November 20, 1965
Service recordConnie Leroy Chandler, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 102
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1930
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 102
- FRANK DONALD TRYPUSSergeant · November 19, 1965
- DAVID LEE VARVELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 1965
- ROBERT OLIVER BALMERPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PATRICK EMERLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 103
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 103
- RONALD PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 103
- IVAN NOTEBOOMSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 104
- KENNETH EUGENE SARGENTSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 104
- WILLIAM JOHN TAYLOR IIISpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 104
- BILLY JOE WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 105
From Des Moines
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- LARRY JOSEPH NEHRINGLance Corporal · January 9, 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.