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RAYMOND EARL CHAMBERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1946 – September 17, 1967
Service recordRaymond Earl Chambers, of Mishawaka, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 82
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Mishawaka, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 82
- MERRELL J CLAYBURNSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
- ERVIN LEE CONDREAYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES DANIELSSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
- NEVITT DIEALL DAVISStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1967
- GUADALUPE PEREZSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
From Mishawaka
- RICHARD LEE NUZIARDSergeant · November 8, 1965
- JOHN VANDRIESSCHEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
- HARDY WESLEY STEBBINS JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- MARK ANTHONY RIGGLECorporal · October 7, 1967
- PAUL AARON YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- JAMES BARRY GARDPrivate · May 6, 1968
- STEPHEN DWAYNE MCGEELance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS EVERETT MORGANCorporal · August 23, 1968
- LEO NEAL KRYSKESergeant First Class · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNN HEITGERPrivate First Class · September 12, 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.