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RONNIE CHAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 9, 1951 – September 3, 1970
Service recordRonnie Chavis, of Latta, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 35
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 9, 1951
- Home of record
- Latta, South Carolina (Dillon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 35
- EDWARD PAUL DEIBEL IIISpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
- RUFO SANTOS SANNICOLASLance Corporal · September 2, 1970
- WILLIAM GREGORY WALKER IISpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES WEIDLEPrivate First Class · September 2, 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.