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DAVID THOMAS CHAPMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1948 – May 24, 1969
Service recordDavid Thomas Chapman, of Dumas, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 92
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Dumas, Mississippi (Tippah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 92
- MILLARD RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- TIMOTHY J BALLINGERSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY BESKE JRPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
- HENRY LEE CHAPMANStaff Sergeant · May 24, 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.