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GLEN ALEX CHAVEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 7, 1949 – August 22, 1970
Service recordGlen Alex Chavez, of Glencoe, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 129
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Glencoe, New Mexico (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 129
- KENNETH DALE BILLSCorporal · August 22, 1970
- DAVID JAMES CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
- WAYNE ROBERT DAVISSpecialist Four · August 22, 1970
- JAMES ALLAN DONAHUECorporal · August 22, 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.