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JOHN CLIFFORD CHAVES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 17, 1949 – April 11, 1970
Service recordJohn Clifford Chaves, of Belmont, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 122
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Belmont, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 122
- WAYNE ALDEN BLOMSTROMSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- MICHAEL DUANE CLICKNERSergeant · April 11, 1970
- HARLAN EUGENE DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- JIMMY RAY HIGDONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- VALENTINE BERMEA GOMEZ JRSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 123
- GARY DONALD JEFFERSONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 124
From Belmont
- CREIGHTON ROONEY GRANTStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- DAVID HUGH HOLMESLieutenant Colonel · March 15, 1966
- WALTER DONALD RAYSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- TAHER FATHI GHAISSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- EDWARD GILBERT LEESergeant · May 13, 1968
- ALLAN JOHN EASTMANSpecialist Four · November 9, 1969
- ROBERT MERCHANT LARSONFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 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.