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RUSSELL DAVID CHASE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 3, 1945 – February 4, 1968
Service recordRussell David Chase, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 19
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Long An 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 37E, Line 19
- LEONARD BREAUXPrivate · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- HENRY ELOY CASIASSergeant · February 4, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARK JOSEPH ALLSTOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 17
- JOHNNIE LEE DOUGLASPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 20
- LARRY DOUGLAS KINGSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 24
- STEVEN PAUL LINNASpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 24
From Warren
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GERALD RICCICorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
- ALAN LANECorporal · May 13, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH HOOVERPrivate · December 1, 1967
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.