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FREDDIE PAUL CHAVEZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 19, 1943 – March 10, 1969
Service recordFreddie Paul Chavez, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 99
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30W, Line 99
- JAMES LUTHER CAMERONStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1969
- JEFFREY TYRONE CASSIDYSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- CALVIN JEFFERY CHILDRESSPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- DAVID B CHRISTIANSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.