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JOHN MAREZ CHAVARRIA
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 1, 1951 – March 4, 1970
Service recordJohn Marez Chavarria, of Lamar, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 83
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Lamar, Colorado (Prowers County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 83
- JUSTIN RICHARD SPISTOCaptain · March 4, 1970
- JOE NATHANIEL TUCKERSergeant · March 4, 1970
- BRIAN LYLE WILSONCorporal · March 4, 1970
- JAMES DAVID ANELLACorporal · March 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MITCHELL STANLEYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 81
- JAMES ALLEN PARKERSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 82
- EDMUND A PETRECHKO JRCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 82
From Lamar
- GEORGE M HARRINGTONSpecialist Five · April 6, 1967
- FREDERICK LEE MANLYCorporal · January 2, 1968
- RALPH DEAN HIRSCHLER JRCorporal · March 11, 1968
- RUSSELL ALLEN SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1970
- LAVOY DON MCVEYCaptain · March 2, 1970
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.