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NORMAN JOSEPH CHAVARIE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1949 – July 21, 1969
Service recordNorman Joseph Chavarie, of Augusta, Maine, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 27
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- August 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Augusta, Maine (Kennebec County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 27
- STANLEY KUTZ SMILEYLieutenant · July 20, 1969
- GEOFFREY STEPHEN SMITHPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
- LEE TRYON JRCorporal · July 20, 1969
- JOHN ERNEST ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1969
From Augusta
- RICHARD W ARNOLDSpecialist Six · March 13, 1966
- EDWIN MATTI KAHKONEN JRLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- GREGORY CORNELIUS QUINNPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- GILBERT STEVENS BELL JRSergeant · December 13, 1968
- RAYMOND JOSEPH BECHARDStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1969
- RONALD IRVING KIRKPATRICKSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- GILBERT CRAIG TURNER JRStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER J CHILDS IIISpecialist Five · May 9, 1970
- RICHARD JAMES GOGGINSergeant · April 26, 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.