Korean War
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Rank | Aviation Electronics Technician Third Class U.S. Navy |
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Date of Death | September 4 1951 |
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National Defense Service Medal
Aviation Electronics Technician Third Class Chapman was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Aviation Electronics Technician Third Class Chapman was the radar operator of a P2V-3 Neptune twin-engine patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 5, assigned to the Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island. On September 4, 1951, he engaged in an exercise with a submarine 30 miles east of Montauk Point, Long Island, New York when a flare became stuck in the aircraft's chute. The plane caught fire, crashed and exploded, killing all seven crewmen on board.