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CHARLES JOSEPH CHASE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1946 – June 11, 1968
Service recordCharles Joseph Chase, of San Mateo, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1946
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 23
- MICHAEL BARDCorporal · June 11, 1968
- DELAINE ARNOLD A CHAP JRSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- TOBY ERNEST COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL CRONINStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT STEVEN GROSSHARTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 25
- PAUL RAYMOND HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 25
- ROY ALAN WINTERSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 30
- GERARD THEODORE WOLTERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 30
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.