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ROBIN LEE CHILVERE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 26, 1947 – April 30, 1967
Service recordRobin Lee Chilvere, of Wyoming, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 119
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; 59 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 119
- DANNY RAY BROTZLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- GEORGE BENJAMIN BYRD JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- GEORGE ANDREW CERVANTESLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN VINCENT CHUTISStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1967
From Wyoming
- EDWARD JOHN WESSELSAirman Apprentice · July 29, 1967
- MICHAEL J SEADORFSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT FRANKLIN NITZPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- FREDERICK LYLE KRUGERLance Corporal · March 19, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT PECKHAMLance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- MARK KELLOGG HAGECorporal · August 5, 1968
- BRUCE CAMERON PALMERWarrant Officer 1 · August 27, 1968
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HOOGTERPPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN BODELLWarrant Officer 1 · February 19, 1969
- RONALD J VANDENBERGSergeant · March 3, 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.