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JOHN JOSEPH CHASE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1947 – June 7, 1967
Service recordJohn Joseph Chase, of Laurel, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 65
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Laurel, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1967; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 65
- EVERDENE BAKER JRSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- JAMES LUJAN BLAZLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- JAMES DOUGLAS CARTER JRSecond Lieutenant · June 7, 1967
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
From Laurel
- JAMES BRUCE OKANELance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEVEN ROSS SHERMANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- FRANCIS GARFIELD GRAYSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- ALVAH WORRELL HENSON JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- SAMUEL LOUIS WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1969
- LEONARD MORGANSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
- JOHN RAYMOND POELieutenant Commander · August 4, 1970
- JAMES LOSPINUSOStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1972
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.