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Vance
Duncan
Chapline
, Jr.
September 19, 1887

–

August 21, 1970

Vance Chapline graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1909. He retired as a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral.

Awards Received

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander

    Division:

    U.S.S. Harvard

    Action Date:

    World War I

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Vance Duncan Chapline, Jr., United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. HARVARD, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines, during World War I.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Rear Admiral

    Action Date:

    February 20, 1942 – August 31, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 351 (June 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Rear Admiral Vance Duncan Chapline, Jr., United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Director of the Fleet Maintenance Division in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations from 20 February 1942 to 31 August 1945.