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JESUS ERNEST CHAVEZ JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1948 – July 21, 1968
Service recordJesus Ernest Chavez JR, of Pico Rivera, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 24
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Pico Rivera, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 24
- JIMMY CONCEPCION-CHAPMANCorporal · July 21, 1968
- LARRY DEAN COOKPrivate · July 21, 1968
- TIMOTHY PATRICK DORANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL LURIEFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1968
From Pico Rivera
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JIMMY VASQUEZPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN RAYMOND STALTERSergeant · March 3, 1967
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · March 20, 1967
- RUBEN MAXIMO ARMENTAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT BODALance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- GILBERT SOLANO SALAZARLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RONALD L ANDREWSSergeant · October 8, 1967
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.