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GEORGE E CHAMBERLIN JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1920 – May 5, 1964
Service recordGeorge E Chamberlin JR, of Coral Gables, Florida, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1964, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 50
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Supply Officer (I) (3002)
- Born
- October 16, 1920
- Home of record
- Coral Gables, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1964
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1964; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1964, 15 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 50
- LOUIS GEORGE ONOHANAirman Second Class · April 24, 1964
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- CARMINE ANTHONY CERVELLINOSpecialist Four · May 5, 1964
From Coral Gables
- GARY DOUGLAS HOPPSLieutenant · February 10, 1966
- MANUEL E MESA JRSergeant · April 27, 1967
- JERRY A NORRISSergeant · May 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS GRAHAM MAGRUDERFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EDMOND WHITE IIICorporal · January 29, 1968
- HAROLD S HIGGINBOTHAMPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- ARTHUR ROGER DUKES JRSergeant · July 17, 1968
- JOHN HARLAN SWEETFirst Lieutenant · August 5, 1969
- DAVID DARYL WOOTENSergeant · September 25, 1970
- JAY JOHN FISHBECKSpecialist Five · March 26, 1971
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.