Buried here.
Pfc. U.S. Army, Vietnam War-Pfc. Chappell was killed in action after the vehicle he was operating hit a land mine in which he suffered burns on 3-17-1969 while serving as a Field Artillery Basic with Battery D, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, Americal Division. Pfc. Chappell started his tour of Vietnam on 1-9-1969.
He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Bennie L. Day of 7915 South May Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with One Service Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal.
Pfc Edward Lewis Chappell was killed in action after the vehicle he was operating hit a land mine in which he suffered burns on 3-17-1969 while serving as a Field Artillery Basic with Battery D, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, Americal Division. Pfc. Chappell started his tour of Vietnam on 1-9-1969.
At 10:40 AM on March 17, 1969, a 5-ton Army truck was traveling along the access road at LZ Liz, a U.S. Army forward support base located in Quang Ngai Province, RVN, when it a hit pressure-type mine estimated to contain 50-85 pounds of TNT. Sniper fire followed the explosion which killed the driver, PFC Edward L. Chappell, and wounded four others. They were evacuated within minutes; however, one of the wounded passengers, 1LT Robert L. Baldwin, succumbed to his injuries the following day at a U.S. medical facility. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and 1-20infantry.org]
He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Bennie L. Day of 7915 South May Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with One Service Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal.
Pfc. U.S. Army, Vietnam War-Pfc. Chappell was killed in action after the vehicle he was operating hit a land mine in which he suffered burns on 3-17-1969 while serving as a Field Artillery Basic with Battery D, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, Americal Division. Pfc. Chappell started his tour of Vietnam on 1-9-1969.
He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Bennie L. Day of 7915 South May Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with One Service Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal.
Pfc Edward Lewis Chappell was killed in action after the vehicle he was operating hit a land mine in which he suffered burns on 3-17-1969 while serving as a Field Artillery Basic with Battery D, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, Americal Division. Pfc. Chappell started his tour of Vietnam on 1-9-1969.
At 10:40 AM on March 17, 1969, a 5-ton Army truck was traveling along the access road at LZ Liz, a U.S. Army forward support base located in Quang Ngai Province, RVN, when it a hit pressure-type mine estimated to contain 50-85 pounds of TNT. Sniper fire followed the explosion which killed the driver, PFC Edward L. Chappell, and wounded four others. They were evacuated within minutes; however, one of the wounded passengers, 1LT Robert L. Baldwin, succumbed to his injuries the following day at a U.S. medical facility. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and 1-20infantry.org]
He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Bennie L. Day of 7915 South May Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with One Service Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal.
Buried here.
Pfc. U.S. Army, Vietnam War-Pfc. Chappell was killed in action after the vehicle he was operating hit a land mine in which he suffered burns on 3-17-1969 while serving as a Field Artillery Basic with Battery D, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, Americal Division. Pfc. Chappell started his tour of Vietnam on 1-9-1969.
He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Bennie L. Day of 7915 South May Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with One Service Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal.
Pfc Edward Lewis Chappell was killed in action after the vehicle he was operating hit a land mine in which he suffered burns on 3-17-1969 while serving as a Field Artillery Basic with Battery D, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, Americal Division. Pfc. Chappell started his tour of Vietnam on 1-9-1969.
At 10:40 AM on March 17, 1969, a 5-ton Army truck was traveling along the access road at LZ Liz, a U.S. Army forward support base located in Quang Ngai Province, RVN, when it a hit pressure-type mine estimated to contain 50-85 pounds of TNT. Sniper fire followed the explosion which killed the driver, PFC Edward L. Chappell, and wounded four others. They were evacuated within minutes; however, one of the wounded passengers, 1LT Robert L. Baldwin, succumbed to his injuries the following day at a U.S. medical facility. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and 1-20infantry.org]
He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Bennie L. Day of 7915 South May Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with One Service Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal.
Pfc. U.S. Army, Vietnam War-Pfc. Chappell was killed in action after the vehicle he was operating hit a land mine in which he suffered burns on 3-17-1969 while serving as a Field Artillery Basic with Battery D, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, Americal Division. Pfc. Chappell started his tour of Vietnam on 1-9-1969.
He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Bennie L. Day of 7915 South May Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with One Service Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal.
Pfc Edward Lewis Chappell was killed in action after the vehicle he was operating hit a land mine in which he suffered burns on 3-17-1969 while serving as a Field Artillery Basic with Battery D, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, Americal Division. Pfc. Chappell started his tour of Vietnam on 1-9-1969.
At 10:40 AM on March 17, 1969, a 5-ton Army truck was traveling along the access road at LZ Liz, a U.S. Army forward support base located in Quang Ngai Province, RVN, when it a hit pressure-type mine estimated to contain 50-85 pounds of TNT. Sniper fire followed the explosion which killed the driver, PFC Edward L. Chappell, and wounded four others. They were evacuated within minutes; however, one of the wounded passengers, 1LT Robert L. Baldwin, succumbed to his injuries the following day at a U.S. medical facility. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and 1-20infantry.org]
He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Bennie L. Day of 7915 South May Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with One Service Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal.
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