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RONALD JAMES CHAPMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1946 – February 6, 1970
Service recordRonald James Chapman, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 106
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)
- 7 CA CO 2 CA GRP COM ACT 3 MAF
- Born
- June 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Hazleton, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 106
- ALLEN MELVIN HUTCHINSONCorporal · February 5, 1970
- WALTER HERBERT BUCKA JRStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1970
- WILLIAM RONALD CULVERPrivate · February 6, 1970
- JACKY LEE DRURYSpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
From Hazleton
- RAYMOND NICHOLAS PLESHPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL BROWNSpecialist Five · November 26, 1967
- PETER SIMMONS REINHARTCaptain · March 2, 1968
- NATE FRANCIS LEESergeant · May 17, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN STANKEVICHPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- DONALD GARTH FISHERColonel · April 22, 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.