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NATHAN EUGENE CHATMON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 16, 1944 – January 9, 1967
Service recordNathan Eugene Chatmon, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 131
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 131
- JAMES DONALD GOODMANFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1967
- CARLYLE LEROY GOULDSpecialist Four · January 9, 1967
- MICHAEL ALBERT KRAFTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1967
- CLARENCE LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RAYMOND ARTHURSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 129
- TOM FLANAGANSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 130
- CARLYLE LEROY GOULDSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 131
- MICHAEL ALBERT KRAFTSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 131
- DAVID B MERRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 1
- BOBBY JOE QUINNPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 2
- VERN LEE PRAYSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 3
- RICKFORD RAY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 3
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 3
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.