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JOHN ROY CHAPMAN
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
August 29, 1940 – April 3, 1967
Service recordJohn Roy Chapman, of Washington, Indiana, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 3, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 95
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Born
- August 29, 1940
- Home of record
- Washington, Indiana (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 95
- CORNELIUS J B CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- MICHAEL FERZACCAPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- CLARENCE FREDDIE GIPSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- JIMMY HORACE GUINNSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
From Washington
- ALVIN RICHARD WOODS JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1965
- DAVID EUGENE PADGETTMajor · February 6, 1969
- JOHN EMERY DAYTONSergeant First Class · May 7, 1970
- STEVEN RUDOLPH WHITESpecialist Four · March 13, 1971
- TIMOTHY JAMES LYNCHSpecialist Four · August 16, 1971
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.