Virginia (Chaffin) Gannon

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Biography

Frances Virginia Chaffin, was born in Washington, DC in 1929. ^[1] She grew up in Woodville, Mississippi however. Frances received her BS degree from Mississippi Southern College in 1951.

Frances was commissioned in August 1951 as an officer in the Women's Army Corps. She attended WAC officer training at Ft Lee, VA that fall.

In 1967, as a lieutenant colonel, Frances was ordered to Vietnam as the fourth (of six) senior WAC advisors to the Vietnamese Women's Armed Forces Corps. She was in Saigon during Tet '68. and returned to the United States in that summer to attend the Army War College.

From 1972-74 LTC Chaffin was the WAC Staff Advisor to US Army Europe.

In 1974, She had married BG Vincent D Gannon, however that marriage was dissolved in 1978. ^[2]

Her last assignment was as director of evaluation for the Army intelligence school at Ft Huachuca, AZ, and retired in Sierra Vista, Arizona as a colonel in 1977.

Awards and Decorations: Col Gannon received the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm, Vietnam Service Medal, and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal ^[3]

COL Frances Virginia (Chaffin) Gannon passed away July 18, 2016 in Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ 1930 US Census and U.S., Select Military Registers 1959
2. ↑ http://www.west-point.org/users/usma1946/15602/
3. ↑ Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty DD Form 214.
4. ↑ http://www.svherald.com/obituaries/virginia-gannon/article_e830e620-4f58-11e6-b6c8-538479495b7a.html

• 1930 United States Federal Census CENSUS & VOTER LISTSView Image NAME: Frances Gannon BIRTH: abt 1930 - District of Columbia RESIDENCE: 1930 - Washington , Washington, District of Columbia

• 1940 United States Federal Census CENSUS & VOTER LISTS NAME: Frances V Chaffin BIRTH: abt 1930 - District of Columbia RESIDENCE: 1935 - Sh, Montgomery, Maryland RESIDENCE: Montgomery, Maryland

• U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985 MILITARY NAME: Frances Virginia Chaffin. BIRTH: 10 May 1929 - District of Columbia. MILITARY: 18 May 1959, PUBLICATION: 1961, Volume I

• U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985 MILITARY NAME: Frances V Chaffin BIRTH: 10 May 1929- District of Columbia. MILITARY: 4 Sep 1965, PUBLICATION: 1966, Volume I

• U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985 MILITARY NAME: Frances V Chaffin BIRTH: 10 May 1929- District of Columbia. MILITARY: 12 May 1967, PUBLICATION: 1972, Volume I

• U.S., Find A Grave Index 1600s-Current: NAME COL Frances Virginia “Ginny” Chaffin Gannon. BIRTH 9 Apr 1929. District of Columbia, USA. DEATH 17 Jul 2016 (aged 87). Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, USA. BURIAL: Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, USA. PLOT Section MM, Site 37. MEMORIAL ID 167270293 · View Source URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167270293/frances-virginia-gannon

See Also:

• http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue/2006/11/13/32414-leery-of-army-sierra-vistan-now-proud-vet/

• http://azdailysun.com/news/local/retired-servicewoman-climbed-army-ranks/article_c9e8f804-8667-5cf6-b5bc-537082499261.html