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HENRY LEE CHAPMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1926 – May 24, 1969
Service recordHenry Lee Chapman, of Huntington, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 28, 1926
- Home of record
- Huntington, West Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 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
- DAVID THOMAS CHAPMANSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
From Huntington
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RONALD KEITH NEALPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD EMMERTSergeant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
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.