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THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 11, 1927 – October 16, 1965
Service recordTheodore Roosevelt Chambley, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 124
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 11, 1927
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1965
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 124
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- ROBERT HARRY SCHULER JRMajor · October 15, 1965
- JUAN BENITEZPrivate First Class · October 17, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT CHEMISGunnery Sergeant · October 17, 1965
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
- ROBERT RAYMOND DYCZKOWSKILieutenant Colonel · April 23, 1966
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.