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RAYMOND HOWARD CHASE JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 13, 1948 – November 10, 1967
Service recordRaymond Howard Chase JR, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 119 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Meadville, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1967; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “119 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 65
- KELLY FRANCIS COOKColonel · November 10, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS COONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
From Meadville
- ROBERT LEE WESTFALLAirman First Class · February 11, 1962
- FRANK DONALD TRYPUSSergeant · November 19, 1965
- DONALD IRA BOWERSAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD KAHLERSergeant · November 1, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BREEDENSergeant First Class · March 24, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES BROMS JRLieutenant Commander · August 1, 1968
- JAMES EARL RUDDPrivate First Class · August 6, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS JOLIETSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
- JACK EARL DEETERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- DAVID GEORGE DRAGOSAVACSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.