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VERNON GLENN CHASE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 9, 1945 – February 21, 1966
Service recordVernon Glenn Chase, of Sioux City, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Born
- January 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Sioux City, Iowa (Woodbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 58
- JOHN ALTON GIROD JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- MARSHALL RAYMOND HIRSCHSecond Lieutenant · February 21, 1966
- VERNON ALLEN MERRITTPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER EUGENE RUBERGPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
From Sioux City
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- FREDERICK WILLIAM LENNONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- KENNETT KEITH SCOTTLance Corporal · October 19, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST HARRISLieutenant Colonel · November 9, 1966
- JEFFREY MARTI KROMMENHOEKLieutenant Commander · October 25, 1967
- KELLY FRANCIS COOKColonel · November 10, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE DOWNS JRLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
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.