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WILLIAM GARY CHANDLER
Captain · U.S. Army
November 18, 1947 – August 11, 1972
Service recordWilliam Gary Chandler, of Springfield, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1972, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 62
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Springfield, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1972; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Hoa Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 62
- DAVID NEIL LARSONSeaman · August 8, 1972
- CLYDE KEITH NELSONStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1972
- PATRICK T MATHEWSCaptain · August 11, 1972
- JAMES JOSEPH SANSONESeaman · September 10, 1972
From Springfield
- JOE RUSSELL MOSSMANLieutenant (junior grade) · September 13, 1965
- BARRY TYSON BURNITESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TIMOTHY DAVID MCHUGHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS MCGRATHLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- THEODORE HUGHES BURTONFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1969
- JOSEPH GRISAFISeaman · October 3, 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.