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THOMAS CLIFFORD CHANEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1950 – March 6, 1970
Service recordThomas Clifford Chaney, of Greenfield, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 87
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Greenfield, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 87
- WALTER LEE BECKWITH JRSpecialist Four · March 6, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNELLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1970
- OREN LEE CROOKSpecialist Four · March 6, 1970
- JAMES WARREN FINZELMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1970
From Greenfield
- JUAN JESUS VILLALOBOSSergeant · October 27, 1967
- MAURILIO MENDEZCorporal · June 14, 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.