The Wall › Panel 42W › Ohio › David Keith Chahoc
DAVID KEITH CHAHOC
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1947 – September 27, 1968
Service recordDavid Keith Chahoc, of Lakewood, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 27
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Lakewood, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 27
- GEORGE ALBERT CARTERCorporal · September 27, 1968
- DELFIN HILARIO COOKStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1968
- JAMES WALLACE CRAMERSergeant · September 27, 1968
- RICHARD DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH GEORGE AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 25
- LAWRENCE BENJAMIN BANEKCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 26
- MARK ALBERT BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 26
- TOMMY RAY BOWMANCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 26
- DERRIS BROWNSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 26
- RICHARD LEE JONESCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 29
- ROBERT EDWIN KNOLLStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 30
- ISHAM IKE QUICKSergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 32
- ROGER ALLEN RICKERTCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 32
- EFRAIN SOTO SRPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 33
- BRADFORD DWAIN WRIGHTSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 34
From Lakewood
- JAMES ALBERT HALLPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- RANDOLPH SCOTT HUTCHINSONPrivate First Class · December 30, 1966
- JOHN MARK ZEHNDERSpecialist Four · September 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES PASTVALance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- MICHEAL ALLEN MIKITISGunnery Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- GERALD JAMES WINCHCaptain · March 15, 1968
- ALEXANDER TSIROSCorporal · April 30, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT COOKCorporal · December 27, 1968
- TERRENCE PATRICK KILBANECorporal · February 6, 1969
- JAMES EDWIN MCPIKESergeant · July 19, 1969
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.