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CURTIS EDWARD CHASE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1943 – May 6, 1967
Service recordCurtis Edward Chase, of Hingham, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 48
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Hingham, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 48
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- BOBBY WAITS CAMERONPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- MARVIN CHARLES ELLERBROCKPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD HATTENPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY WAITS CAMERONPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 48
- THOMAS GARRET FANNINGSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 49
From Hingham
- BARRY LEE WOLKCorporal · February 3, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS MCNUTTPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- WILLIAM BICKERS TERRYMaster Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD RYAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 30, 1971
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.