U.S. Marines, Lance Corporal Freddie Paul Chavez

Birth: July 19, 1943, Albuquerque, NM
Death:  March 10, 1969, South Vietnam

LCpl Chavez was born in Albuquerque New Mexico the son of Leonela Maldonado.    He was a member of elite Force Recon Marines trained to operate behind enemy lines using unconventional warfare tactics. LCpl Chavez died near Quang Tri province as a result of fragmentation wounds when the vehicle he was in detonated on a hostile mine.¹ Prior to Vietnam Chavez, he was a Plumber’s aid at the University of New Mexico and was a member of the Marine Reserve.²

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Notes:

1. Ancestry.com, All results for Freddie Chavez, and Vietnam War Casualties
2. “City Marine Dies in War,” 14 March 1969, Albuquerque Journal, Newspaper.com
3. Photos by Find A Grave.com, U.S. Marines, Lance Corporal Freddie Paul Chavez

Bio organized by Eloy Garcia Ph.D. CNMC

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