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RICHARD KENNETH CHILTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1947 – November 25, 1968
Service recordRichard Kenneth Chilton, of Lebanon, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 56
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Ohio (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 56
- DAVID MORRIS BARRETTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- MATTHEW M CANFIELD JRPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- GARY MICHAEL CHAPMANPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER CUSICKSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GENTRY HODGESPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 57
- DONALD GENE LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 58
From Lebanon
- DAVID LYNN MCCONNAUGHEYPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN HILLPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- RONALD PERRY COATESLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- KYLE SMIDDYSergeant · June 26, 1967
- JERRY DAY LEAKPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MULLINSPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD CONGER JRSergeant First Class · January 27, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD CARPENTERSergeant First Class · February 24, 1969
- PHILLIP RAY BAILYPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
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.