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DAVID GLENN CHANEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 7, 1950 – August 31, 1970
Service recordDavid Glenn Chaney, of Bloss, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Bloss, Kentucky (Rockcastle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1970; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 26
- JAMES EDWARD DUCKWORTHSergeant · August 31, 1970
- JOHN LEE ERVINSpecialist Four · August 31, 1970
- HORSE CONRAD LEE FLYINGLance Corporal · August 31, 1970
- NICHOLAS C STEFANICHSpecialist Four · August 31, 1970
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.