Chapman is not Dorothy's maiden name. It is the surname of her 1st husband....Walter Harry Chapman Dorothy and her 1st husband were life long friends of Jim & Joy, apparently. Maybe this explains why Jim married Dorothy only 6 to 7 months after the death of his first wife of almost 60 years......
Walter's records show:
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 about Walter Harry Chapman Name: Walter Harry Chapman Service Info.: 1LT US ARMY WORLD WAR II Birth Date: 17 Apr 1919 Death Date: 5 Jan 1999 Service Start Date: 23 Nov 1942 Interment Date: 28 Jan 1999 Cemetery: Ft. Bliss National Cemetery Cemetery Address: P.O. Box 6342 5200 Fred Wilson Street Fort Bliss, TX 77906 Buried At: Section J Site 3412
Chapman, Walter Harry, b. 04/17/1919, d. 01/05/1999, US Army, 1LT, Res: El Paso, TX, Plot: J 0 3412, bur. 01/28/1999
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