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DAVID LEE CHANEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 21, 1943 – January 1, 1968
Service recordDavid Lee Chaney, of Hopewell, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Hopewell, Virginia (Hopewell (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 12
- THOMAS BERRY CORBINSpecialist Four · January 1, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD DENNISONCommander · January 1, 1968
- DAVID DONNELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- DAVID LEE FRENCHSpecialist Four · January 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS BERRY CORBINSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 12
- ROBERT LEWIS CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 13
From Hopewell
- ROBERT LEE LEWISSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- TERRY PAUL PIERCEPrivate First Class · November 29, 1966
- ROBERT GRESHAM MAYESStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM LLOYD DRAPERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- FREDDIE ISIASH CROCKETTPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- NATHANIEL IRVINGPrivate First Class · February 8, 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.