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ROBERT LARRY CHANDLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 26, 1948 – January 6, 1969
Service recordRobert Larry Chandler, of Bethel Springs, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 42
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Bethel Springs, Tennessee (Mcnairy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 42
- GARY WAYNE ARNAUDSpecialist Four · January 6, 1969
- DANIEL BERNARD CHENEYFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1969
- ARTURO PEREZ GONZALESSpecialist Four · January 6, 1969
- JAMES JOHN GROMPONESpecialist Four · January 6, 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.