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JOEL HENRY CHAPIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – October 13, 1967
Service recordJoel Henry Chapin, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 99
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 647 QM CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “647 QM CO 1 LOG CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 99
- GARY DEAN BYRDStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1967
- LEONARD WAYNE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- JOSEPH DEWEY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- JOHN LEONARD EDWARDSStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER C EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 100
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 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.