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ROBERT F CHAMBERLAIN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 21, 1940 – October 7, 1966
Service recordRobert F Chamberlain, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 129 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Las Cruces, New Mexico (Dona Ana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “129 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 54
- JAMES EDWARD BIGGSPrivate First Class · October 6, 1966
- HOWARD DALE STROUSEMaster Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- JAMES EUGENE WINDHAM JRSpecialist Four · October 6, 1966
- JAMES WILLIE ADKISSONStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WENDELL GILLIAMSpecialist Five · Panel 11E, Line 57
- JOHNNY LEONARD NEALSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 58
From Las Cruces
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- JOE MAC KEMPCorporal · July 24, 1966
- JUAN MANUEL ALBA ZAMORACorporal · July 18, 1967
- JOHN RAMAGE BARBOURPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERACorporal · January 3, 1968
- JESSE MECHEMFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- SHARBER MAYFIELD ROWESergeant · July 7, 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.