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JOHN MANUAL CHAVEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 9, 1947 – September 23, 1969
Service recordJohn Manual Chavez, of Plainview, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 128
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Plainview, Texas (Hale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 128
- THOMAS EDWARD CARUSOSecond Lieutenant · September 23, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN COOKESpecialist Four · September 23, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD COTTINGHAMPrivate · September 23, 1969
- JUAN A DIAZ-DOMENECHCorporal · September 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JUAN A DIAZ-DOMENECHCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 128
- RICHARD ROY SEABRIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 1
From Plainview
- EDWARD HAROLD FOXSecond Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
- JOHNNIE LEE FRAZIERAirman · July 29, 1967
- JIMMY DON ROBERSONPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- JOE PENA JRSergeant · December 15, 1967
- KENNETH LEON BLACKMONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM OSBORNSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- JIMMY ARDELL AWALTLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
- BILLY EDWARD YARBROUGHCorporal · August 22, 1968
- JAMES BURL HANSARDCaptain · October 23, 1968
- PHILLIP RANDALL PANNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
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.