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TOMMIE ALLEN CHAMBERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 27, 1944 – April 17, 1968
Service recordTommie Allen Chambers, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 26
- CHARLES ERVIN ALLENLance Corporal · April 17, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK BOYLESergeant · April 17, 1968
- JAMES CLINTON BRYANTPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- LARRY LEE CHAPMANSpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE STEVEN ELBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 27
- JAMES ALLAN GEROUPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 28
- THEODORE HUBBARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 29
- VICTOR GEORGE MIKASecond Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 31
- RUDY MICHEL THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 34
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.