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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Oliver C Chase JR.

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OLIVER C CHASE JR

Captain · U.S. Air Force

June 23, 1932 – July 22, 1965

Service record

Oliver C Chase JR, of Peekskill, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 22, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2E · Line 42

Position of Panel 2E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
June 23, 1932
Home of record
Peekskill, New York (Westchester County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 22, 1965
Age
33
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

Two names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1965; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 2E, Line 42

From Peekskill

All 14 names from Peekskill →

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.