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DONALD EDWARD CHAMBERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 12, 1948 – April 2, 1970
Service recordDonald Edward Chambers, of Kimbolton, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 79
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Kimbolton, Ohio (Guernsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 79
- JAMES EDWARD BYRDPrivate · April 2, 1970
- DALE ELLING CHRISTENSENMaster Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- JOHN HARRY DILMOREPrivate First Class · April 2, 1970
- RICHARD ELLIOTTSpecialist Five · April 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD BORGESSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 78
- SPENCER ALAN GOETHECorporal · Panel 12W, Line 80
- LARRY GRAVESCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 80
- ROBERT PAUL KETTERINGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 82
- DENNIS NEWMAN PIPKINCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 83
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.