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THOMAS WILLIAM CHAFFIN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1945 – May 16, 1967
Service recordThomas William Chaffin, of Clarklake, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 6
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
- December 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Clarklake, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 6
- LOUIS EMIDIO BRIZZOLIPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- GERALD AUSTIN BROWNCaptain · May 16, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- SIDNEY DAVID CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
From Clarklake
- WILLIAM WARD SCOVILLEAirman Second Class · October 3, 1967
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.