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FREDDIE NICKLYS CHASE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 23, 1949 – March 14, 1969
Service recordFreddie Nicklys Chase, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 36
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Newburyport, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 36
- RICHARD CHARLES CHUBBPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- BERTON DECKERStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1969
- EARL FERN FALCONBURYPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- HADLEY FOSTERMajor · March 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP RANDALL PANNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 29W, Line 39
- DAVID FRED POPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 29W, Line 39
From Newburyport
- ROBERT KENNETH PARKERSergeant · November 30, 1969
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.