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JIMMY CONCEPCION-CHAPMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 30, 1943 – July 21, 1968
Service recordJimmy Concepcion-Chapman served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 24
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 30, 1943
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 24
- JESUS ERNEST CHAVEZ JRSergeant · July 21, 1968
- LARRY DEAN COOKPrivate · July 21, 1968
- TIMOTHY PATRICK DORANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL LURIEFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD GARLAND ASH JRSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 23
- RUSSEL E BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 23
- ARTHUR MERINO FLORESCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 25
- CHARLES L CALLAHAN IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 26
- BRIAN STUART KRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 26
- CHARLES LOUIS MYERS JRSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 27
- ROBERT WARREN PARENTSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 28
- ROBERT DOUGLAS STONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 28
- RALPH JOHN WILLARDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 28
- LEONARD KEITH STEWARTCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 29
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.