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THOMAS LEROY CHANDLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 9, 1950 – February 23, 1970
Service recordThomas Leroy Chandler, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 50
- DENNIS PATRICK SCHNEIDERCorporal · February 23, 1970
- RUSSELL MERRILL STODDARDLance Corporal · February 23, 1970
- WAYNE STEVE ZACHSpecialist Four · February 23, 1970
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ALDAGSergeant · February 24, 1970
From Myrtle Beach
- NEAL IRA BESTPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS REAVESCorporal · December 4, 1967
- WILSON BOYD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- WILLIE DALPHUS SPIVEYStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN WASILOWCorporal · November 24, 1968
- WILLIE LEE KEITHSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- LARRY LEON JORDANCorporal · March 24, 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.