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VANDIVER L CHILDS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 30, 1937 – April 16, 1967
Service recordVandiver L Childs, of Paris, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 34
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 30, 1937
- Home of record
- Paris, Tennessee (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 34
- WALTER ALEX CHATOS JRSpecialist Five · April 16, 1967
- DAVID CYRIL GLOVERStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1967
- JAMES WALTER GODFREYWarrant Officer 1 · April 16, 1967
- ARTHUR JOHN GRANT JRPrivate First Class · April 16, 1967
From Paris
- GEORGE B FORDPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- ROGER WILLIAM RABEYSecond Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- WENDELL GENE TAYLORSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- WILLIAM COMMODORE WOOD JRMajor · September 2, 1972
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.