Navy Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of CHARLES CHAPMAN
Chapman, Charles James (Jim), departed his earthly life on July 18, 2014. He was born in Sigourney, Iowa on January 7, 1927. Jim died of natural causes at his home in Anaheim. Tired of shoveling snow in Iowa, he moved with his family to Anaheim in 1941. At age 16 he joined the US Navy where he would spend the next 30 years of his life serving in WW II, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam War. His chosen area of naval service was a Boatswains Mate, one of the oldest and most distinguished...
