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GENE E CHEPELY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 7, 1945 – February 7, 1966
Service recordGene E Chepely, of Granite City, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Granite City, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 9
- CARLOS BETANCOURT-MOJICAStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- RALPH BYRDSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GUY FORD SNYDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 10
- DERLYN REYNOLD LEHMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 12
- HELDER ARTHUR C DASILVASpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 16
From Granite City
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD CAUSEYCaptain · February 25, 1966
- LOREN EUGENE BRADLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- RALPH ROGER JUSTICEStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- JAMES RAY DOWDYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOE CARL LEUTENEGGERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SHILTSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN GIEBECorporal · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · November 19, 1967
- WILLIAM CECIL HINKLEPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
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.