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UDELL CHAMBERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1948 – June 21, 1968
Service recordUdell Chambers, of Kirkwood, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Kirkwood, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 11
- CHARLES PETER BARNESCorporal · June 21, 1968
- CHARLES DENNIS BOYERSergeant First Class · June 21, 1968
- JOHNNY DALE CASEYSpecialist Four · June 21, 1968
- RICHARD MORRI CHAMBERLAINSergeant · June 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LARRY LAWSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 14
- JAMES ROBERT ZBOYOVSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 16
From Kirkwood
- STEVEN COLE DRAKESecond Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- MARTIN BIONDOSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
- JEROME RAWLINGSSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS RODGERSSpecialist Five · April 16, 1969
- CURRAN M JONESPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1969
- ROBERT PAGE ROSENBACHMajor · March 5, 1970
- JOHN WINFRED GOEGLEINMajor · June 30, 1970
- DONALD RENAY WORKMANCaptain · July 21, 1970
- CRAIG ALAN SCHMITZCorporal · August 31, 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.