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LUTHER MALCOLM CHAPPEL
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 1, 1935 – June 19, 1969
Service recordLuther Malcolm Chappel, of Bedford, Kentucky, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 86
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Senior Sergeant (13Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 2 BN 138 ARTY I FF
- Born
- January 1, 1935
- Home of record
- Bedford, Kentucky (Trimble County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 2 BN 138 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 86
- FREDERIC DELANO BLACKWELLSpecialist Five · June 19, 1969
- HAROLD ROY CHRISTENSENSergeant · June 19, 1969
- RALPH JOHN CLIMEWarrant Officer 1 · June 19, 1969
- RICHARD WILSON COLEFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TROY BETHEASpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 84
- DAVID BURR COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 87
- JOSEPH RONALD MCILVOYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 91
- RONALD EARL SIMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 94
From Bedford
- CLAUDE WILLIAM THARPSergeant · January 19, 1966
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.