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DONALD GEORGE CHMIEL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 1, 1944 – August 25, 1970
Service recordDonald George Chmiel, of Chugiak, Alaska, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 3
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Chugiak, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 3
- JOHN SYLVESTER NUTWELLSpecialist Five · August 24, 1970
- BRUCE GARLAND TINDALLStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1970
- IVAN LLOYD BARGER JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- RONALD DALE BELARSKISergeant · August 25, 1970
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.