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CHARLES DANE CHAPMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 7, 1948 – October 31, 1967
Service recordCharles Dane Chapman, of Onaway, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 102
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Onaway, Michigan (Presque Isle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 102
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS BROWNPlatoon Sergeant · October 31, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE CAVERSergeant · October 31, 1967
- WALTER WAYNE CUNNINGHAMSergeant · October 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH JOSEPH DIPACESpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 103
- JERRY DON EVERETTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 103
- GREGORY GEORGE HUBBARDCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 103
- WILLIAM EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 104
- RILEY LEROY PITTSCaptain · Panel 28E, Line 105
- LAWRENCE ARNOLD STALNAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 106
- JOHN CLIFTON STEERSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 106
- CURTIS F WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 107
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.