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JOHNNY A CHAMBERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 20, 1941 – January 8, 1967
Service recordJohnny A Chambers, of Aberdeen, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 124
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
- March 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, Washington (Grays Harbor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 124
- ALAN FRANCIS SCHAEFERStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- JERRY WOODALLPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS J SULLIVANSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 128
From Aberdeen
- LAWRENCE FREDERICK NYMANLieutenant (junior grade) · June 24, 1966
- JAMES ARNOLD HARDENSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- ROGER BLAKE TJERNBERGCorporal · February 3, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL THOMPSONCorporal · February 21, 1967
- LESLIE HAROLD FUNK JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 6, 1967
- ARCHIE BURNETTE JRStaff Sergeant · January 31, 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.