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John Allan Chapman (July 14, 1965 – March 4, 2002) was a combat controller in the United States Air Force who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on August 22, 2018, for his actions in the Battle of Takur Ghar during the War in Afghanistan.
Apr 21, 2018 · One of those men, Air Force Technical Sgt. John Chapman, was alone in the pitch-black, wounded and slowly regaining his consciousness in the thigh-deep snow of a 10,469-foot peak known as Takur...
When President Donald Trump posthumously bestowed Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Chapman with the Medal of Honor in a ceremony at the White House Aug. 22, it marked, in the words of Air Force Chief...
Chapman is the FIRST Airman to receive the Medal of Honor for actions conducted since the Vietnam War. This marks the FIRST Medal of Honor to be awarded to a Special Tactics Airman. Originally posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross for his actions in 2003.
Mar 4, 2021 · Chapman, an Air Force combat controller, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in August 2018 for his bravery during the 2002 Battle of Takur Ghar in Afghanistan, in which he charged enemy...
Feb 28, 2022 · Twenty years on from the Battle of Takur Ghar, also known as Roberts Ridge, the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation remembers Air Force Sergeant John A. Chapman, who earned the Medal of Honor on March 4, 2002, and received it posthumously in 2018.
MSGT JOHN CHAPMAN. KIA. JULY 14, 1965 - MARCH 4, 2002. HOME OF RECORD: WACO, TEXAS. In March 2002, a combined task force began Operation ANACONDA to trap and destroy Al Qaeda and Taliban forces in the Shahi Kot valley in eastern Afghanistan.
On a dark, snowy mountaintop in Afghanistan in 2002, combat controller Technical Sgt. John Chapman roused himself from unconsciousness.
Aug 22, 2018 · On August 9, 2018, the Air Force released overhead footage of the final moments of Tech Sgt. John Chapman’s heroic life. This is the first Medal of Honor to be awarded using surveillance footage rather than eye witness accounts.
Mar 24, 2021 · Tech Sgt. John Chapman was fighting on a snowy 10,000-foot peak in Afghanistan known as Takur Ghar on March 4, 2002, when he charged into Al Qaeda bunkers and repeatedly exposed himself to enemy...
