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SHERMAN CHAPMAN JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1929 – June 23, 1966
Service recordSherman Chapman JR, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 79
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1929
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 79
- JOHN WAIKANE CABRERASpecialist Four · June 23, 1966
- JAMES R CUMBERPATCH JRSpecialist Four · June 23, 1966
- FRANCISCO LUNAStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- FREDDY LEE SAPPPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FREDERICK BALBIRNIEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 78
- RICHARD LEE IANNICELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 80
- RALPH E MANNINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 81
- ANTONIO MORADOPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 81
- ERNEST E MCALUMSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 82
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- HARRY EDWARD WAGNERLance Corporal · April 5, 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.