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GARRY RAYMOND CHAPMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 13, 1944 – May 5, 1968
Service recordGarry Raymond Chapman, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Muskogee, Oklahoma (Muskogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 5
- BERNES EDWARD BURRISSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- DONALD A CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES NATHAN CARROLL IIICorporal · May 5, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN CHARLEYSergeant · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD LEE STEWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 32
From Muskogee
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BURKETTMajor · July 13, 1964
- BUREN RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RAYMOND PEARL JRStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- CLAUDE NATHANIEL WILLIAMSCaptain · November 25, 1966
- JERRY K COVEYSpecialist Four · September 21, 1967
- RONALD STEWART ALLEN IIIStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1967
- GARY R HOLLANDPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- JERRY LEE CHAMBERSLieutenant Colonel · May 22, 1968
- JEDD EDWARD ASHBYSergeant · August 28, 1968
- REX LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
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.