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JACKIE DEAN CHAMBERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1947 – June 1, 1968
Service recordJackie Dean Chambers, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 21
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 21
- FRANK WILLIS CAMPBELL JRSergeant · June 1, 1968
- JERRY ALBERT CAMPBELLSergeant · June 1, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHNNY CARPENTERCorporal · June 1, 1968
- GLENN THOMAS CIARFEOMajor · June 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GILBERT HUGHESSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 2
- BRUCE E JOHNSTON IIICorporal · Panel 61W, Line 3
- HAROLD JOSEPH KNITTLECorporal · Panel 61W, Line 3
- MICHAEL GEORGE SAKELLARISSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 6
- GREGORY HENRY STALEVICZPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 7
- LOREN DOUGLAS WHITECorporal · Panel 61W, Line 8
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.