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ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPP
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1939 – April 14, 1967
Service recordRobert Anthony Chapp, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 25
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 8, 1939
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 25
- MORRIS BOWDOIN WITTCaptain · April 13, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD CLIFCORNPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DEROSAPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- STEFFAN MICHAEL FREDSTILance Corporal · April 14, 1967
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- JOHN HARRY JOHNSONSergeant Major · July 12, 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.