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JOHN MICHAEL CHAPPEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 9, 1949 – March 11, 1970
Service recordJohn Michael Chappey, of Hammond, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 110
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Hammond, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 110
- ARTHUR THOMAS BIEMERETLance Corporal · March 11, 1970
- HARRY LEE CEARNELSergeant · March 11, 1970
- JAMES WILFRED CLEMENTMajor · March 11, 1970
- PAUL FRANCIS KLUGFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEROY COFFMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 111
- RODNEY GLENN HELSELCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 112
- OLAF THOMAS OLSENCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 113
From Hammond
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- JAMES EDMUND KEELERCorporal · March 19, 1966
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH MARKOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAKAirman · February 4, 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.