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PHILIP RONALD CHASSION
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 27, 1933 – February 2, 1968
Service recordPhilip Ronald Chassion, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1933
- Home of record
- Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Thuan Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 73
- GEORGE JOSEPH GOTTWALD JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- PHILLIP O GUILLENSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- GILBERT LEE HAMILTONSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- ALLEN CARSON HARDISONSpecialist Five · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GUY FRANKLIN BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 66
- JAMES ALBERT BUNNSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 66
- ANDREW JAMES DANIELCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 69
From Fitchburg
- PAUL FRANCIS MCNALLYCaptain · June 6, 1965
- CHARLES EHNSTROM TOFFERICaptain · October 20, 1966
- CHESTER ARTHUR CUMMINGSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALFRED DESCHENESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- EARL EDWARD TYREEPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- GERALD ROGER LEGERSergeant · March 24, 1968
- WILBUR LEO WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- ROBERT DAVID GARIEPYCorporal · May 4, 1968
- LEO RENE MARCOULIERCaptain · June 6, 1969
- FRANCIS GERALD FRECHETTECorporal · June 17, 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.