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SAMUEL CALHOUN CHAVOUS JR
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
June 1, 1937 – April 4, 1968
Service recordSamuel Calhoun Chavous JR, of Cross City, Florida, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 4, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 1
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
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 9 ASLT DIV 92
- Born
- June 1, 1937
- Home of record
- Cross City, Florida (Dixie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 9 ASLT DIV 92”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 1
- KEVIN GEORGE CANNONCorporal · April 4, 1968
- RONALD THOMAS CAVAZOSPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- JOHN LUTHER CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- BRADLEY ELLIS CLARKSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DOUGLAS WOODARDPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 48E, Line 13
From Cross City
- THOMAS BERRY CORBINSpecialist Four · January 1, 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.