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FRANCISCO PERAZA CHAIRA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1945 – October 8, 1966
Service recordFrancisco Peraza Chaira, of Tempe, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Tempe, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 60
- THOMAS DEAN CONGIARDOPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- HERMAN LEE COOPERSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- JOHN ANTHONY FELDHAUSCommander · October 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN LEE COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 60
- DENNIS GARLANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 61
- KEITH EUGENE HIXSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 61
- WILLIAM FRANCIS KERNSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 61
- BILLY LEESpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 62
- ALAN FRANK LUCASSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 62
- BILLY FRANKLIN MOONEYHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 62
- ROSEVELT SIMMONS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 63
- HALLEY DON WHITLOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 63
- PAUL FRANK WIDTFELDT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 63
From Tempe
- RAMON DESCHAMPSPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- ROBERT DANIEL BENTONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JESSIE YUTZE GOMEZSergeant · December 17, 1966
- LEIGH WALLACE HUNTLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- WARREN GAMBIEL TEDRICK JRSergeant · March 7, 1968
- CHARLES MCRAE HARDYPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- BUCK EDWARD ALBRIGHTLance Corporal · May 23, 1969
- ANTHONY H FIGUEROA JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- BRUCE LYNN HANKINSSpecialist Four · November 16, 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.