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MARYLAND CHATTEN
Private · U.S. Army
March 11, 1941 – December 24, 1965
Service recordMaryland Chatten, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 36
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 36
- JOSEPH MILTON BUTLERPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- WILLIAM KEVIN COLWELLChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
Same unit, same day
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 36
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
- MICHAEL GARY MURRAYLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
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.