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DICKEY CHAMBLEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 21, 1944 – December 31, 1967
Service recordDickey Chamblee, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 7
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1967; ten of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 7
- WILLIAM CHARLES CHENEYWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1967
- EDWARD ALTON COMBSSpecialist Four · December 31, 1967
- WILLIE FRED DAIL JRPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · December 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 6
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 7
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 8
- HENRY MAURICE STAFFO HALEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 8
- CECIL BEN JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 9
- MOSES JOHN LEWISCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 9
- ERNEST DELBERT MARCUMPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 9
- JOSE SANTANA JRCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 10
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 10
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.