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JAMES VIRGIL CHRONISTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 7, 1948 – May 1, 1967
Service recordJames Virgil Chronister, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 2
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19E, Line 2
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- JOHN BRAXTON WOODALLFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1967
- WAYNE HOWARD WOODARDCorporal · April 30, 1967
- EWELL EDGEL ACORDStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.