CHAPMAN, NATHAN

Friends of Nathan gathered at Fort Lewis to recall a Serious Soldier and Family Man whose wit was sharpest when things were bad. "He always made you laugh," said SFC William Pence, who came up through the ranks with Nathan in a Rangers Battalion and then as Green Berets.

"You could tell he loved what he was doing because it fit his personality," his father said. "He had a keen sense of duty, and he wanted to serve. And he picked this way to do it.