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KURTIS NOLAN CHAPMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1947 – May 9, 1968
Service recordKurtis Nolan Chapman, of Overland Park, Kansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 16
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Overland Park, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 16
- ROBERT JOHN CAPANDASpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND CASPERFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CATT JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT LEROY COLESpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
From Overland Park
- DANIEL L SHERMANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
- ALLAN HERBERT MACDONALDSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
- JACK DENNIS RENFROLieutenant · November 7, 1966
- WILLIAM SHELTON MORTIBOYCorporal · April 1, 1967
- JEFFERY CLARK MCTEERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH MERYSSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- JON PATRICK LAFRANCEPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- CLARENCE HENRY BOOLINSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- CHARLES BUTNER WALKER JRLance Corporal · September 3, 1969
- DAN L F COOMBS IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 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.