Roy DeForest Chapman

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He served in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years. He was the son of Garve Chapman and Olive Clark.

China Campaign, 1927-1929
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Pvt Roy DeF Chapman, Signalman,28th Howitzer Platoon, 1st Battalion, 4th Regiment, 3rd Brigade, USMC, Shanghai, China-Christmas 1927; Christmas 1928;U.S.S. Henderson Enroute from Guam M.I, to Honolulu, T.H June 26, 1929.

Served on Guam M. I. from November 16, 1926 to January 28, 1927. Served with Marine Corps expeditionary force in China from January 29, 1927 to July 14, 1929.

Honorably discharged August 30, 1930 from Mare Island, California

At the time of the 1930 Federal Census, he was shown as a Private in the USMC at Mare Island, California, as part of the Naval Prison Detachment. He was listed as age 21 and single, born in Nebraska, with both parents born in Missouri.

Roy married Alice Francis "Babe" Janda on 16 Jun 1934 in Nebraska. Alice (daughter of Frantisek "Frank" Janda and Mary Hlina) was born on 13 Jun 1913 in Fillmore County, Nebraska; died on 5 Jan 2006 in Colorado; was buried on 12 Jan 2006 in Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]