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DANIEL H CHATFIELD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 8, 1947 – May 16, 1968
Service recordDaniel H Chatfield, of Dubuque, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Dubuque, Iowa (Dubuque County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 7
- ZACK TAYLOR ADDINGTONLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL CASEYPetty Officer Third Class · May 16, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD CHURCHPrivate · May 16, 1968
- PAUL FREDERICK COBBSecond Lieutenant · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 10
- GARY LEE LANTZSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 13
- HOMER LANDUS MEDLEYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 61E, Line 13
From Dubuque
- RONALD WILLIAM MEYERSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1966
- WILLIAM OWEN JUERGENSLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- ROY ROGER BLEWETTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CLEMENSHospitalman · January 9, 1967
- PETER EVERETT COOKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- JAMES CONRAD POWERSCaptain · May 26, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SUTHERLANDHospitalman · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS FITZGERALDHospitalman · January 31, 1968
- ELLAS LOUIS MIHALAKISSergeant · July 9, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS MYERS JRSergeant · July 21, 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.