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ROGER RIDGELY CHAMBLISS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 10, 1952 – October 31, 1972
Service recordRoger Ridgely Chambliss, of Birmingham, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1972, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 86
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 10, 1952
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1972; 15 of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 86
- LOUIS OSCAR CALDERONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- DENNIS WILLIAM FINNEGANMajor · October 31, 1972
- RICHARD BARTON FREEMANSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- MILTON CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DAVID BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 85
- RAYMOND LEE GOODCHILDSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 85
- LOUIS OSCAR CALDERONSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- RICHARD BARTON FREEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- MILTON CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- STEVEN DALE HOWARDCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 87
- JAMES MITCHELL STEVERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 87
- CHARLES LEROY STEWART JRSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 87
- TIMOTHY ARMA THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 88
- RONALD LEE VANLANDINGHAMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 88
- DAVID EDWARDS WISCHEMANNSpecialist Five · Panel 1W, Line 88
- DELBERT ROY WOODSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 89
From Birmingham
- SAMUEL GIZZI ORLANDOHospitalman Apprentice · March 4, 1966
- DAIN W MILLIMANMajor · November 10, 1966
- JOHN HENRY BOUDREAUCorporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN EARLE KLETTHospitalman · September 21, 1967
- THOMAS MILTON THATCHERLance Corporal · September 24, 1967
- DAVID LOUIS PERKETTPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- TERENCE RAYMOND ROACH JRSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD ANGERMANPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- DAVID TERRENCE JUDDSergeant · August 23, 1968
- LARRY STEVEN WEILFirst Lieutenant · May 14, 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.