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MICHAEL LYN CHASE
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 7, 1949 – June 5, 1970
Service recordMichael Lyn Chase, of Cleves, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Cleves, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 12
- ROOSEVELT JUNIOR BRAGGSPrivate · June 5, 1970
- SCOTTY RAY BROADSTONSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- PATRICK BRYANCaptain · June 5, 1970
- ROBERT EMERY COOKPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
From Cleves
- RICHARD CRAIG BRAMFirst Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- EDDIE CARL GIBSONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- DAVID LEWISPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL JACKSONSergeant · November 7, 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.