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GEORGE CHAMBERS-QUIROZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1948 – June 22, 1970
Service recordGeorge Chambers-Quiroz, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 77
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 9, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1970, 560 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 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 77
- BUFORD RONALD SPENCERSpecialist Five · June 21, 1970
- LONNIE HAROLD WEISHEITCorporal · June 21, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN BEZEGAStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1970
- MARK JOEL BUSHSergeant · June 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TRACY ROY HYATTSergeant First Class · Panel 9W, Line 79
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.