The Wall › Panel 2W › Georgia › Daniel Lee Chamblee
DANIEL LEE CHAMBLEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 14, 1952 – November 20, 1971
Service recordDaniel Lee Chamblee, of Forest Park, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 69
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Armament Repairman (45J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1952
- Home of record
- Forest Park, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 69
- CHARLES ARTHUR POPPLETONSpecialist Four · November 18, 1971
- WARREN KENNETH WOLFFPrivate First Class · November 18, 1971
- RICHARD ROSS LANGECorporal · November 19, 1971
- HAROLD DAVID BOWLENPrivate First Class · November 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS DUKE EASONPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 70
- CARTER JEFFERSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 70
From Forest Park
- STEPHEN MANTON CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- ROBERT MILTON JOHNSONCorporal · July 24, 1966
- WAYNE HOUSTON MCKINLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- RAYMOND ALAN POWELLFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1968
- RAY WESLEY HESTERLEELance Corporal · December 20, 1968
- DANIEL LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · March 1, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALLACE JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1970
- CARL WAYNE PRITCHETTPrivate First Class · March 28, 1971
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.