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ROBERT CONN CHAUDOIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1946 – March 27, 1971
Service recordRobert Conn Chaudoin, of San Marino, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · 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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1946
- Home of record
- San Marino, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 82
- ALBERT ALLEN VENCELCorporal · March 26, 1971
- OTTO TOM WIEBENPrivate First Class · March 26, 1971
- GERALD ZLOTORZYNSKISpecialist Four · March 26, 1971
- ROBERT TIMOTHY BRADLEYCorporal · March 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT TIMOTHY BRADLEYCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 82
- WILLIE JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 83
- THOMAS PERCY OLSONCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 83
- PAUL ELLIOTT SERVENSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 83
- GLEN HOWARD YELLCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 83
From San Marino
- KENNETH NEWLON GOODCaptain · January 2, 1963
- BYRON MORROW SPEERSecond Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- FRED ANTONY EXNER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · November 20, 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.