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DAVID MICHAEL CHANEY
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
April 20, 1941 – April 16, 1967
Service recordDavid Michael Chaney, of Santa Rosa, California, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 16, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 33
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Santa Rosa, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 33
- BENJAMIN LUTHER BARRICKSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER DAREING BRINEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
From Santa Rosa
- DANA GALE ROSELance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNYDERAirman Second Class · October 15, 1967
- GREGORY LYNN DUNNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICKIE DAVIS FISHERPrivate · December 4, 1967
- JERRY DEAN SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEON SHARPLESSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HAASSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES DUDLEY DORMANCorporal · May 12, 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.