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WALTER WILLIAM CHASE
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 25, 1945 – April 4, 1969
Service recordWalter William Chase, of Palmer, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Palmer, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 9
- ROBERT MILTON BECKSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE CANTRELLSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- FELIX M CONDE-FALCONSergeant First Class · April 4, 1969
- JAMES OLIVER DAUGHERTY JRCorporal · April 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL HAROLD FLOODSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 8
- EDWARD ARTHUR HOPKINSSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 10
- J CLIFFORD JENKINSSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 10
From Palmer
- ALAN WAYNE BERRYCorporal · February 2, 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.