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IRVING BURR TCHAKIRIDES
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1935 – August 5, 1968
Service recordIrving Burr Tchakirides, of Waterbury, Connecticut, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- November 14, 1935
- Home of record
- Waterbury, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 17
- DANNY WEST JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- HERMAN WILLIAM SCHERMANNSergeant · August 5, 1968
- JACOB ROMO TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- EDUARDO VELOZSergeant · August 5, 1968
- JAMES PAUL YOUNGSergeant · August 5, 1968
From Waterbury
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JUNIOR WILKERSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK CULLINANSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- GEORGE A LUBESKY JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- RAY LEONARD FERRY IIILance Corporal · April 9, 1968
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.