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NORMAN J CHANEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1948 – September 2, 1968
Service recordNorman J Chaney, of Lynwood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Lynwood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 24
- JAMES PATRICK BURNSSergeant · September 2, 1968
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BUSBYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- LARRY DON BUTLERSergeant · September 2, 1968
- HAROLD DUANE COLLINSCorporal · September 2, 1968
From Lynwood
- RICHARD ALBERT SCHMITZPrivate First Class · May 13, 1966
- RONALD LEE ENGLANDLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DUGGANPetty Officer Third Class · January 6, 1967
- RONALD LEE LAKELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS GATTICorporal · August 11, 1967
- PAUL LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- JUAN RAMIREZSpecialist Five · September 8, 1967
- ROBERT SAMUEL FERRULLAPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- GEORGE STEPHEN SEHISergeant · January 9, 1968
- DONALD BYRON JONESLance Corporal · May 18, 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.