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DONNIE RAY CHASTAIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 6, 1950 – February 28, 1970
Service recordDonnie Ray Chastain, of Greer, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Greer, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1970; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 67
- WILLIAM BOYLESergeant First Class · February 28, 1970
- GLENN EDWARD BUNDYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1970
- LARRY EUGENE DAILEYSpecialist Four · February 28, 1970
- DOUGLAS MORRIS WOODWARDSergeant First Class · February 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RICHARD BAGGETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 66
- DOUGLAS MORRIS WOODWARDSergeant First Class · Panel 13W, Line 67
- JAMES PRICE DEVANEYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 68
- ROBERT ELDRIDGE GUTHRIECorporal · Panel 13W, Line 68
- BILLY JACK ROBERTSCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 69
- EUGENE CARTERSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 70
From Greer
- AUSTIN LEON DRUMMONDSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- FRANKLIN DELANO WATERSTechnical Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- RONNIE EUGENE NORRISPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- ALLAN GEORGE BARNESSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- BOBBY LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.