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Chandler, Carlton, SFC USA(Ret).
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Date of Passing Sep 20, 2020
Location of Interment Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery - Birdeye, Arkansas
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Passed away 15 September 2020 at 88 years of age.
There they go. Bright young men with bright young faces marching off to war in far away places. Places so horrible they can’t be imagined.
Two days after arriving in the combat zone, they come out. Their cadence ever changed. Eyes hallowed by the horror that’s unique to war that most will never know.
When soldiers come home, their time in combat done, they find little rest. Those scenes are not diminished; never fading into shadows of the past. Their memories are as stark and real as the day they happened —even after the passage of seven decades.
Today, he finds his rest. Today, the wars are finally over. Today, another soldier has gone home.
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Vietnam War/Summer-Fall 1969 Campaign
From Month/Year
June / 1969
To Month/Year
October / 1969
Description This campaign was from 9 June to 31 October 1969. During the summer and fall of 1969, conduct of operations was increasingly turned over to Vietnamese, US troops withdrew in greater numbers amid reaffirmations of support for the Republic of South Vietnam government. President Nixon announced the reduction of the U.S. military presence in South Vietnam which would be demonstrated initially by the withdrawal of 25,000 troops by 31 August 1969.
American troop strength had peaked at 543,400 in April 1969 but dropped to 505,500 by mid October. More scattered than before, enemy attacks were concentrated on South Vietnamese positions. U.S. combat deaths were down in the early fall as American units switched to small unit actions. The trend was not constant, however, because U.S. troops deaths which had fallen well below l00 a week in the fall, rose above 100 later in the year.
