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DENIS MICHAEL CHMEL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 10, 1946 – June 15, 1968
Service recordDenis Michael Chmel, of North Olmsted, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 10, 1946
- Home of record
- North Olmsted, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 23
- R B BRIDGES JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- ROBERT DAVID BROCKMANPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- JOSEPH TIMOTHY CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · June 15, 1968
- RAYMOND NEAL MCINTYREPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
From North Olmsted
- THOMAS EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- THOMAS GEORGE GRAFFCorporal · April 30, 1967
- GARY ALLAN FARLOWLance Corporal · May 12, 1967
- KENTON ELWOOD HENNINGERSergeant · March 7, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH ZISKOCorporal · August 12, 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.