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JOHN STEPHEN CHRIN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 24, 1949 – October 13, 1971
Service recordJohn Stephen Chrin, of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1971, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 38
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 24, 1949
- Home of record
- New Cumberland, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1971; four of them were lost in Chau Doc Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 38
- AUDLEY DUANE MILLSSergeant First Class · October 11, 1971
- MICHAEL LEE DARRAHSergeant · October 13, 1971
- HUGO ARAUX GAYTANSergeant · October 13, 1971
- RICKY ALAN PATEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE DARRAHSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 38
- HUGO ARAUX GAYTANSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 38
- RICKY ALAN PATEPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 38
- RONALD KENNETH SCHULZChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 39
From New Cumberland
- MYRON MCCLELLAND PFOUTZWarrant Officer 1 · May 28, 1965
- JAMES RALPH SNYDERSergeant · June 27, 1967
- RALPH DAVID HALE IIPetty Officer Third Class · December 9, 1967
- LARRY GORDON SANDNESLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
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.