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HENRY ANTHONY CHEVALIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 17, 1944 – May 14, 1969
Service recordHenry Anthony Chevalier, of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Fairhaven, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 3
- WILLIE JAMES CHAPMANSergeant · May 14, 1969
- FREDDIE LEE COFFMANPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- RAYMOND CRITESPrivate · May 14, 1969
- DANIEL ELMER ROSENCorporal · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS RAY HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 6
- GERALD RICHARD HWANGStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 7
- REESE MICHAEL PATRICKCaptain · Panel 24W, Line 10
From Fairhaven
- DAVID ALAN DROWNSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- PETER WILLIAM ROYPrivate First Class · December 5, 1967
- DONALD ROGER DESMARAISStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1969
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.