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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. He is the first airman to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War.
Apr 21, 2018 · Chapman, an Air Force combat controller, and six members of Navy SEAL Team 6 — callsign Mako 30 — were to helicopter-insert high above the valley so they could direct air strikes and provide...
Medal of Honor Facts. 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.
John Chapman was an ‘incredible warrior,’ but here’s what made him such an inspiring human being. By Kaleth Wright, Dave Goldfein and Heather Wilson. Sep 2, 2018. Gen. Dave Goldfein, Air...
Chapman, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, who was 36 when he died, is the first airman to receive the nation’s highest award for valor for actions taken since the Vietnam War.
May 17, 2024 · John Chapman was born in 1965, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Eventually making his way to Connecticut, he graduated from Windsor Locks High School in 1983, and enlisted in the US Air Force two ...
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. Born in 1965, Chapman grew up in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
