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DELAINE ARNOLD A CHAP JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 6, 1944 – June 11, 1968
Service recordDelaine Arnold A Chap JR, of Arroyo Grande, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 86 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Arroyo Grande, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 23
- MICHAEL BARDCorporal · June 11, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH CHASEStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1968
- TOBY ERNEST COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL CRONINStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1968
From Arroyo Grande
- DAVID WAYNE DYERLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- JOE DON RAMEYSpecialist Five · May 21, 1970
- LUCIO JON REISSpecialist Four · February 11, 1971
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.