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GARY WAYNE CHAPMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 20, 1947 – December 9, 1968
Service recordGary Wayne Chapman, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 73
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 73
- CHARLES AARON ATWOOD JRPetty Officer Third Class · December 9, 1968
- IRA DAUNETTE COOPERSergeant · December 9, 1968
- DENNIS CHARLES ERFORDSergeant · December 9, 1968
- EDWARD FORDSpecialist Five · December 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD FORDSpecialist Five · Panel 37W, Line 73
- LEO STANLEY GORALSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 74
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN HARRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 74
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.