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JOSEPH LEE CHAMBERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 22, 1946 – September 1, 1970
Service recordJoseph Lee Chambers, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 30
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Arkansas (Craighead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1970; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 30
- CHARLES RAYMOND CONOVERStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1970
- TYRONE CONVERSONSergeant · September 1, 1970
- GILBERTO GARCIALance Corporal · September 1, 1970
- JIMMY RAY HOLKEMLance Corporal · September 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RUSSELL KERSEY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 7W, Line 31
- DAVID ROGER NOLLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 31
- LARRY SCHOONMAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 32
From Jonesboro
- BRITT TELL JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD CRAINSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- EDWARD EUGENE STROUDSergeant · May 13, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RONEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- ROBERT RAY MCGINNISSergeant · July 2, 1969
- GEORGE D HENRY JRCaptain · August 13, 1970
- BENNIE RAY HIVELYSpecialist Four · April 24, 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.