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DANIEL L CHAPPELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 31, 1933 – October 26, 1965
Service recordDaniel L Chappell, of Pittsburg, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 135
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 31, 1933
- Home of record
- Pittsburg, Texas (Camp County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 135
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- CARL WOODROW DEATONPetty Officer First Class · October 26, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- THOMAS PAUL MILLERPetty Officer Third Class · October 26, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT PETTY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 26, 1965
From Pittsburg
- HERMAN DALE BUCHANANCorporal · December 11, 1969
- MORRIS CALVIN MILES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
- CLYDE THOMASCorporal · March 15, 1971
- STARLING G HAWKINSSergeant · January 14, 1972
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.