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BILLY GENE CHAPMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1942 – August 11, 1969
Service recordBilly Gene Chapman, of Mt Hope, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 1
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 610 ENG CO 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Mt Hope, West Virginia (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 1
- CHARLES RICKY COPECorporal · August 11, 1969
- JOHNNY JACOB CURETON JRSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- LAWRENCE KENT DOWDLance Corporal · August 11, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL FREEMANPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
From Mt Hope
- TROY BYRON WILLIAMSSergeant · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HUTCHISONStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.