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GREGORY BURKHART CHIAGO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 2, 1948 – November 22, 1968
Service recordGregory Burkhart Chiago, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · 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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 33
- WALTER LAVERTE BURKEPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- IVAN J CAMPBELLCaptain · November 22, 1968
- DAVID ALEXANDER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · November 22, 1968
- BRIAN DOUGLAS CLAYTONSpecialist Four · November 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEROY DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 34
- ALLEN VERONE JACKSONCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 36
- DAVID MARTIN MISZEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 37
- RONALD JAMES PANICCIACorporal · Panel 38W, Line 37
- GALON GENE SPAFFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 39
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.