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GILBERT MICHAEL CHAVEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 26, 1950 – February 24, 1969
Service recordGilbert Michael Chavez, of Romeo, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 33
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Romeo, Colorado (Conejos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 33
- DANIEL FRANCIS CAHILLSergeant · February 24, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD CARPENTERSergeant First Class · February 24, 1969
- WILLIAM C CLINGER IIICorporal · February 24, 1969
- DANIEL COLEMANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- XAVIER AMADO ARVIZUSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 31
- LARRY LEE BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 32
- WILLIAM JAMES LEVETTSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 37
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.