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WARREN NELSON CHAPMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1945 – June 24, 1968
Service recordWarren Nelson Chapman, of Franklinville, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 26
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
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- April 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Franklinville, New York (Cattaraugus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 26
- LEROY JACK BROWNINGSergeant Major · June 24, 1968
- JAMES DONALD BUDAHAZY IISpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- NICHOLAS MALLORY CARPENTERLieutenant Commander · June 24, 1968
- CARL BENJAMIN HELMStaff Sergeant · June 24, 1968
From Franklinville
- DUANE A WAKLEESpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- ALBERT EDUARDO RODRIGUEZCaptain · March 11, 1968
- RICHARD GORDON PIXLEYLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
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.