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VICTOR EDWARD CHASE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 8, 1945 – April 16, 1966
Service recordVictor Edward Chase, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 116
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BATTISTASecond Lieutenant · April 16, 1966
- WALTER MONROE COLLINSPrivate · April 16, 1966
- EMMANUEL DAVID WHITLEYSpecialist Four · April 16, 1966
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
- RUSSELL JAMES PEEKPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
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.