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JEROME DEE CHANDLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 20, 1944 – November 27, 1968
Service recordJerome Dee Chandler, of Norfolk, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 73
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Nebraska (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 73
- ALLEN EUGENE DUNEMANWarrant Officer 1 · November 27, 1968
- OLIVER EARL DURHAMPetty Officer First Class · November 27, 1968
- DENNIS JAMES FETTPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- DANIEL PORRAS FLORESCorporal · November 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NICHOLAS RICHARD ALEXANDERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 38W, Line 70
- JAMES GREGORY BRADYSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 71
- DAVID DEWITT CREELSpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 72
- FREDRICK HARRY FRAZERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 72
- ALLEN EUGENE DUNEMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38W, Line 73
- AUGUST KARL RITZAUFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 78
From Norfolk
- DENNIS WILLIAM ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- JERRY L ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- THOMAS EDWIN SCHEURICHCommander · March 1, 1968
- JEROLD WERNER MEISINGERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- CLAUDE RICHARD VANANDELSergeant · May 27, 1969
- ROGER LEE HUNDTSergeant · December 3, 1969
- STEVEN DREW STRUBESpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- MICHAEL LYNN WEMHOFFPrivate First Class · April 16, 1971
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.