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ROBERT KENDRICK CHASE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1943 – December 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Kendrick Chase, of Duxbury, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Duxbury, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 67
- LEWIS CURTIS WUESTENBERGFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1968
- DENNIS GUY BENSONSpecialist Four · December 23, 1968
- GEORGE JAMES BURDPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- TRAVIS RICHARD CROCKETTCaptain · December 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TRAVIS RICHARD CROCKETTCaptain · Panel 36W, Line 67
- RICHARD JOSEPH FORTEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 68
- DONALD WARREN SENTMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 70
- FRANCIS CRAIG SOLLERSPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 70
From Duxbury
- PETER HINCHMAN MCMURRAYFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 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.