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RONALD CHAPMAN
Fireman · U.S. Navy
November 16, 1947 – January 31, 1969
Service recordRonald Chapman, of Columbia, Mississippi, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 31, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 28
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbia, Mississippi (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 28
- NORMAN RADEAN BETTISPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- IRVIN WILLIS PROSSER JRFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1969
- CHARLES WAYNE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
- DAVID RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
From Columbia
- MELVIN MCCRAYPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY HADDOXSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- JACK JOSEPH JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE WILKSCorporal · September 13, 1968
- FRANK SPIERSCaptain · March 22, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL HUXSpecialist Five · September 8, 1969
- HENRY RAY EXPOSEPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.