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LORENZO CHAPA JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 17, 1948 – October 26, 1969
Service recordLorenzo Chapa JR, of San Angelo, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 120
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1948
- Home of record
- San Angelo, Texas (Tom Green County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 120
- EDDIE B STORYMajor · October 25, 1969
- JAMES ABRAHAM DOANEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
- DONALD MYRON DYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
- ROBERT NELSON FUNKStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH GOETTPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ABRAHAM DOANEPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 120
- JAMES JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 121
- RICHARD MATTHEW LOGANSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 122
- MICHAEL LINN LYTLEPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 122
From San Angelo
- CHARLES MILTON FITTSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- LOUIS FARR JONESColonel · November 29, 1967
- HENRY WILBURN HARTMANSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · March 4, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · May 9, 1968
- REX WAYNE DOYLESpecialist Four · May 17, 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.