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JOHN RICHARD CHAPMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1926 – March 21, 1970
Service recordJohn Richard Chapman, of Williamsburg, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 28
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
- Watercraft Engineer (61C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 29, 1926
- Home of record
- Williamsburg, Virginia (Williamsburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1970
- Age
- 44
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 28
- LOUIS JOSEPH BARBARIASergeant · March 21, 1970
- GARY JOE BARNETTCaptain · March 21, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES BLAKEPetty Officer Third Class · March 21, 1970
- ROBERT EDWARD CASTLEFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD BRUCE REESPrivate · Panel 12W, Line 31
From Williamsburg
- GLENN DILL MANNFirst Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- CHARLES MILLS SHELDONCaptain · April 8, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS STEWART JRSpecialist Five · October 8, 1967
- HERBERT HAMBLY BUTT JRMajor · January 29, 1968
- CHARLES CHAPLIN HALE JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- DAN SELLMAN HICKSSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- RAYMOND PAUL DELUCASpecialist Four · June 27, 1968
- TALMADGE HORTON ALPHIN JRStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- KERNELL PERSONE BRADSBYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- TERRY ALAN PALMFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1970
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.