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JIMMIE LADON CHAMBLEE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 9, 1945 – June 22, 1970
Service recordJimmie Ladon Chamblee, of Centre, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 80
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Centre, Alabama (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 80
- WILLIAM JAMES MCTAGGARTSergeant · June 22, 1970
- WILLIAM WALLACE MORROWStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1970
- GARY LAVERNE PEATSpecialist Four · June 22, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL SCHALK SRCorporal · June 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL STEPHEN BEZEGAStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 77
- MARK JOEL BUSHSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 77
- RALPH ARNOLD GADDISSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 79
- WILLIAM WALLACE MORROWStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 80
From Centre
- LEWIS EDWARD CANTRELLLance Corporal · April 29, 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.