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JAMES THOMAS CHAMBERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 9, 1947 – February 8, 1968
Service recordJames Thomas Chambers, of Georgetown, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 23
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Georgetown, Texas (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; eight of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 23
- JAMES STANLEY CERIONE IIISpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- GERALD RICHARD CLEMSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- FRANKLIN CLOVISPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- WILLIAM KARL COLEGATEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ROBERT BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 21
- DONNIE RAY MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 34
- ALLEN LAWRENCE MUMMERTSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 34
From Georgetown
- BEN DAVID SNOWDENMaster Sergeant · June 15, 1967
- LARRY RAY GUENTZELSpecialist Four · June 24, 1967
- ALAN RICHARD LYMANCorporal · June 13, 1968
- RICHARD ARLEN OMANCorporal · April 27, 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.