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JAMES LEE CHIVERS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1945 – June 15, 1968
Service recordJames Lee Chivers, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 30
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 30
- ROBERT ALLEN MCCLOSKEYLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- JOHNNY ANDERSON MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- PAUL VINCENT MCHENRYLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- RANDALL T PLANCHON IICorporal · June 15, 1968
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.