Chambers enlisted in the Army in October 1965 after attending Germantown High School, and was stationed in Germany for nearly two years before volunteering for Vietnam. The 19-year-old specialist four, a rifleman, gunner, and forward observer, was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. Chambers was listed as missing in action a month after he arrived in Vietnam, and was declared dead on Feb. 13, 1968. He was survived by his parents, three brothers and a sister.