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JOHN LENWOOD CHASE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 6, 1948 – November 29, 1968
Service recordJohn Lenwood Chase, of Lexington Park, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Lexington Park, Maryland (St Mary's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 4
- HERIBERTO BLANCOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- EVANGELOS K CARANASIOSLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
- GARY LEE CARLSONPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- THOMAS RAYMOND STEINBACHLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
From Lexington Park
- CLARENCE ROBINSON JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
- RUSSELL ALLEN ROWEChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 19, 1970
- JAMES MADISON HAMRICK JRCaptain · February 20, 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.