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PAUL EDWARD CHAVEZ
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 3, 1925 – May 5, 1968
Service recordPaul Edward Chavez, of Sanders, Montana, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 6
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- March 3, 1925
- Home of record
- Sanders, Montana (Treasure County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 36 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 6
- EDDIE EDWIN CHERVONYSergeant · May 5, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM CHILDCorporal · May 5, 1968
- LOUIS CHIMERIPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- FREDDIE JOE CIGARPrivate First Class · May 5, 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.