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CLINTON CHAPMAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1946 – May 24, 1968
Service recordClinton Chapman, of Newton, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 6
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tracked Vehicle Repairer, Assault Amphibious Vehicle (2142)
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Newton, Mississippi (Newton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 6
- RICHARD CARRILLOPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- DWIGHT WAYNE CARROLLPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD CASSIDYPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- CHARLES MICHAEL CHESSHERPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
From Newton
- CHARLES JERRY GAINESSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1966
- THOMAS MOODY FELTONMajor · July 14, 1969
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.