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MARK RICHARDSON CHASE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 15, 1940 – March 4, 1965
Service recordMark Richardson Chase, of Santa Monica, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 15, 1940
- Home of record
- Santa Monica, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1965. In March 1965, 22 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 95
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- WILLIAM CARROLL MATTISCaptain · March 11, 1965
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
From Santa Monica
- ODIS DANIEL ARNOLDLieutenant Colonel · June 30, 1961
- DAVID MICHEL HANNPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- OSCAR ROLAND CARRIEREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL SECANTIMajor · August 19, 1967
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.