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WILLIAM LEWIS CHIFOS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 3, 1945 – April 22, 1968
Service recordWilliam Lewis Chifos, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 28
- RAY WILLIAM BERG JRSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- HARVEY WATKINS BOOKERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- JERRY LABORN BOOKERSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- JACKIE ANDREW CARRANOSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLARK EUGENE BARLOWStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 27
- JOHN ARTHUR GREENFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 29
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.