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MARK CONSTANT CHENIS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
November 10, 1944 – October 17, 1968
Service recordMark Constant Chenis, of Fairfield, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 17, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 68
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Fairfield, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 68
- GEORGE A VANDERHOFF JRCorporal · October 16, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL CHEEKLance Corporal · October 17, 1968
- FREDDIE DALE DICKENSMajor · October 17, 1968
From Fairfield
- CHARLES EDWARD SAUERMajor · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES TINGLEYLance Corporal · December 30, 1967
- BRUCE MAYNARD THOMASPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- ROGER LEE NEGERPrivate First Class · April 17, 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.