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ROBERT L CHAVEZ
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
June 27, 1938 – March 25, 1970
Service recordRobert L Chavez, of Yuma, Arizona, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 25, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 41
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Missiles) (GMM)
- Born
- June 27, 1938
- Home of record
- Yuma, Arizona (Yuma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 41
- KENNETH EUGENE WHITMERSergeant · March 24, 1970
- WALTER EUGENE ANDREWS JRSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
- ERNEST JAMES BROWNFireman · March 25, 1970
- FLOYD BURNETT COATESSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
From Yuma
- CASIMIRO DIANDAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- EULIS NEIL WILKES JRSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
- EDWIN MICHAEL RIDENOURPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · March 16, 1968
- KENNETH DUANE BROWNLEESpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
- CURTIS MILLER WEEKS JRSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- DENNIS LEE LONGDAILSpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- TERRANCE LEE HOODSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK TILLOU JRCorporal · June 4, 1970
- STEVEN LYNN COFFEYSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
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.