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RIGOBERTO C CHACON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 12, 1925 – July 15, 1965
Service recordRigoberto C Chacon, of El Monte, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 12, 1925
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1965
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 37
- FRED TAYLORSergeant First Class · July 13, 1965
- ROBERT PAUL DIONNEHospitalman · July 14, 1965
- JAMES EARL PARMELEESecond Lieutenant · July 14, 1965
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK SPIKER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 38
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 1967
- ROBERT GARRY ROSSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
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.