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WOODROW BEAL CHASTAIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 11, 1950 – August 15, 1971
Service recordWoodrow Beal Chastain, of Pickens, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 132
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Pickens, South Carolina (Pickens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 132
- SCOTT THOMAS GRABERSpecialist Four · August 15, 1971
- VERNON HARTSpecialist Four · August 15, 1971
- LEROY REID JRStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1971
- JOHN WILLIAM KENNEDYCaptain · August 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- VERNON HARTSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 132
From Pickens
- CHARLES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- JERRY HIOTT WILLIAMSSergeant · June 24, 1966
- LEE LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- DWIGHT ONEAL GILSTRAPPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- CLIFTON RANDAL JONESLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- DAVID FORREST BLACKSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
- EPHRIAM RUTLEDGE LILES IIWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1969
- JOE DAVID WRIGHTCorporal · December 15, 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.