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GERALD EDWARD CHASTAIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 28, 1940 – November 22, 1966
Service recordGerald Edward Chastain, of Walhalla, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1940
- Home of record
- Walhalla, South Carolina (Oconee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 108
- LEE OWENS WHITE JRSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- MAX MARVIN WOODSMALLStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DOCK JEFFERSON PINIONSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 109
- ROY ROGERS ROARKPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 110
From Walhalla
- BILLY LEESpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANK THOMPSONPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- AUSTIN IVAN EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLMESCorporal · November 6, 1969
- WILLIE JOHNSONFirst Sergeant · March 5, 1970
- GRADY LEE NORRISSergeant First Class · July 27, 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.