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JAMES RUSSELL CHINN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 15, 1942 – April 9, 1968
Service recordJames Russell Chinn, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 92 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- December 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 57
- JAMES WILLIAM COOPERSpecialist Five · April 9, 1968
- PATRICK CHARLES COUGHLINPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- THOMAS FRANCIS DAZEY JRSpecialist Four · April 9, 1968
- JAMES DALE DILLONStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.