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WALTER ALEX CHATOS JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 29, 1944 – April 16, 1967
Service recordWalter Alex Chatos JR, of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Oconomowoc, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 34
- VANDIVER L CHILDSCaptain · 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 Oconomowoc
- CURTIS LLEWELLYN TREMAINEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- TERRY JOE WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT STEVEN LUTZPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- DAVID MERRILL PRICEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1968
- LARRY ROMAN SCHMIDTSergeant · August 12, 1969
- LLOYD GEORGE HOWIELieutenant (junior grade) · May 15, 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.