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TYRONE CHATMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 31, 1950 – August 15, 1969
Service recordTyrone Chatman, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 44
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 44
- RICKY WAYNE CHURCHCorporal · August 15, 1969
- SANCHEZ ALEJO DELVALLESpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- CHESTER LEON GOINSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1969
- JOHNNIE GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · August 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DWIGHT ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 43
- DANIEL EDWARD CAREYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 43
- DAVID BURNETT LENTZSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 45
- RAYMOND GEORGE MASSESpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 46
- TERRY KEITH MCDONELLCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 46
- JOSEPH WILLIAM MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 46
- PAUL PONCESpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 47
- RONNIE LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 47
- JOHN GERDES SMITHCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 47
- WILLIAM HAROLD SOMERVILLECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 48
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 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.