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JOHNNY HOWARD CHAPMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 15, 1952 – August 20, 1971
Service recordJohnny Howard Chapman, of Boise, Idaho, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 135
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1952
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 135
- JOHNNY EUGENE JONESStaff Sergeant · August 20, 1971
- MICHAEL JAMES GUIDRYSpecialist Four · August 21, 1971
- JAMES JOSEPH WINSONSpecialist Five · August 21, 1971
- TROY ELLIS BRANTLEY JRSergeant First Class · August 22, 1971
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 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.