SP4 Chaffin #
MOS:
Clarence Ray Chaffin was the son of Arvil Brock and Fannie Faye Chaffin.
He was drafted into the US Army by the Selective Service Board.
After arriving in Vietnam 9 July 1968, Clarence was assigned to B Company, 1/5 Mech, 25th Infantry Division, USARV.
On 29 October 1968, at 1705H, a convoy being escorted by elements of the 1/5th(M) received small arms and RPG fire north of Thanh An. The enemy fire was returned with unknown results. Two soldiers were wounded in the contact.
That evening, an ambush patrol from Company B 1/5th(M) set up in Dau Tieng, near the Catholic Church overlooking the graveyard. At 2300H, after several hours with no activity, the patrol leader took half the ambush patrol and commenced a roving patrol in the general area.
The patrol moved south and then turned down an alley. About 75 meters down the alley the patrol came upon a fence blocking the alley, with a gate in the middle. The point man pushed on the gate to open it and there was an explosion. The point man was killed and the patrol leader and two other Bobcats were wounded. The remainder of the patrol was sent for, and the unit then moved to the bridge, where a dust-off was called in.
MOS:
Clarence Ray Chaffin was the son of Arvil Brock and Fannie Faye Chaffin.
He was drafted into the US Army by the Selective Service Board.
After arriving in Vietnam 9 July 1968, Clarence was assigned to B Company, 1/5 Mech, 25th Infantry Division, USARV.
On 29 October 1968, at 1705H, a convoy being escorted by elements of the 1/5th(M) received small arms and RPG fire north of Thanh An. The enemy fire was returned with unknown results. Two soldiers were wounded in the contact.
That evening, an ambush patrol from Company B 1/5th(M) set up in Dau Tieng, near the Catholic Church overlooking the graveyard. At 2300H, after several hours with no activity, the patrol leader took half the ambush patrol and commenced a roving patrol in the general area.
The patrol moved south and then turned down an alley. About 75 meters down the alley the patrol came upon a fence blocking the alley, with a gate in the middle. The point man pushed on the gate to open it and there was an explosion. The point man was killed and the patrol leader and two other Bobcats were wounded. The remainder of the patrol was sent for, and the unit then moved to the bridge, where a dust-off was called in.
SP4 Chaffin #
MOS:
Clarence Ray Chaffin was the son of Arvil Brock and Fannie Faye Chaffin.
He was drafted into the US Army by the Selective Service Board.
After arriving in Vietnam 9 July 1968, Clarence was assigned to B Company, 1/5 Mech, 25th Infantry Division, USARV.
On 29 October 1968, at 1705H, a convoy being escorted by elements of the 1/5th(M) received small arms and RPG fire north of Thanh An. The enemy fire was returned with unknown results. Two soldiers were wounded in the contact.
That evening, an ambush patrol from Company B 1/5th(M) set up in Dau Tieng, near the Catholic Church overlooking the graveyard. At 2300H, after several hours with no activity, the patrol leader took half the ambush patrol and commenced a roving patrol in the general area.
The patrol moved south and then turned down an alley. About 75 meters down the alley the patrol came upon a fence blocking the alley, with a gate in the middle. The point man pushed on the gate to open it and there was an explosion. The point man was killed and the patrol leader and two other Bobcats were wounded. The remainder of the patrol was sent for, and the unit then moved to the bridge, where a dust-off was called in.
MOS:
Clarence Ray Chaffin was the son of Arvil Brock and Fannie Faye Chaffin.
He was drafted into the US Army by the Selective Service Board.
After arriving in Vietnam 9 July 1968, Clarence was assigned to B Company, 1/5 Mech, 25th Infantry Division, USARV.
On 29 October 1968, at 1705H, a convoy being escorted by elements of the 1/5th(M) received small arms and RPG fire north of Thanh An. The enemy fire was returned with unknown results. Two soldiers were wounded in the contact.
That evening, an ambush patrol from Company B 1/5th(M) set up in Dau Tieng, near the Catholic Church overlooking the graveyard. At 2300H, after several hours with no activity, the patrol leader took half the ambush patrol and commenced a roving patrol in the general area.
The patrol moved south and then turned down an alley. About 75 meters down the alley the patrol came upon a fence blocking the alley, with a gate in the middle. The point man pushed on the gate to open it and there was an explosion. The point man was killed and the patrol leader and two other Bobcats were wounded. The remainder of the patrol was sent for, and the unit then moved to the bridge, where a dust-off was called in.
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