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GARY LEE CHASE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 8, 1946 – May 2, 1967
Service recordGary Lee Chase, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Central Office Switchboard Operator (72C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 41 SIG BDE 21 SIG GRP 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 11
- ANTONIO GONZALEZ CHAVEZPrivate · May 2, 1967
- FRANCIS EVERETTE CLARKStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1967
- CARL JAMES CUEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- ABE RICHARD DEYOUNGSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.