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ROY LEE CHANEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 21, 1950 – December 31, 1970
Service recordRoy Lee Chaney, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 16
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1970; four of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 16
- RICHARD EUGENE DODDSergeant First Class · December 31, 1970
- JERRY BAXTER EDMONDS JRPetty Officer Second Class · December 31, 1970
- RICHARD MEDINA ESCALERAPrivate First Class · December 31, 1970
- PETE ELLIS WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · December 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EUGENE DODDSergeant First Class · Panel 5W, Line 16
- ALFREDO SALAZARSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 18
- DENNIS WADE WEBSTERSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 19
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.