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WENDELL OLIVER CHATFIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1945 – June 8, 1966
Service recordWendell Oliver Chatfield, of Red Bluff, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Red Bluff, California (Tehama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “H CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 19
- RICHARD TOBY TRUJILLOCorporal · June 7, 1966
- EDWARD EUGENE CHRISTIEPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- REUBEN L CLARK JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- ROGER LEROY CONNERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
From Red Bluff
- MICHAEL REX SMITHPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- GLEN DEAN BELNAPLieutenant Colonel · December 20, 1967
- GARY LYLE RICHARDSONCorporal · June 13, 1968
- LOREN DAUNE MARTINSENSpecialist Five · November 27, 1968
- DONALD LEORY DUNNSergeant · August 14, 1969
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.