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ROY WARNER CHAMBERLAIN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1942 – March 23, 1967
Service recordRoy Warner Chamberlain JR, of Wayland, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 27
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Wayland, Michigan (Allegan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 27
- RONALD EUGENE BOHONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH BRYARLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- ALANSON GARLAND BYNUMStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- PAUL AMES CONROY JRMaster Sergeant · March 23, 1967
From Wayland
- PHILLIP JOHN VANDER WEGSergeant First Class · November 27, 1965
- JAMES ANDREW LYONSCorporal · August 13, 1968
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.