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RICHARD ALAN CHAMBERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 23, 1948 – September 17, 1968
Service recordRichard Alan Chambers, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 12
- NEAL GEORGE BOLLINGERSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- SAMUEL EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN BURKESergeant · September 17, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL COATESSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE CHARLES HARDYCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 15
- RAYMOND JOHN MAZYCK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 15
- GEORGE LEE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 17
- GEORGE DAVID SHANNONCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 22
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.