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RAFAEL ALBERT CHAVEZ
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 5, 1947 – June 18, 1970
Service recordRafael Albert Chavez, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 63
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1947
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 63
- HENRY PATRICK CLARKSergeant · June 18, 1970
- ROBERT CLARK DAWSONStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1970
- DONALD DAVID DOUGLASSergeant · June 18, 1970
- SCOTT E KILLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · June 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROY JAY HOLMGRENSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 64
- JAMES ARTHUR SCRUGGSPrivate · Panel 9W, Line 65
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.