Chase, Charles Henry

Date of birth:: August 14th, 1910 (Portland/Maine, United States)
Date of death:: March 11th, 1981 (Patrick Air force Base, Florida)
Buried on:: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery
Plot: XIII. Row: G. Grave: 276.
Service number:: 0-19095
Nationality:: American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Promotions:
June 13th, 1933: 2nd Lieutenant.

Career:
?: Deering High School;
July 1st, 1929: United States Military Academy;
1933: 5th Infantry Regiment;
1936: Infantry Advanced Course, Fort Benning;
1937: 38th Infantry Regiment;
?: 2nd Battalion, 57th Infantry Regiment;
?: Executive Officer, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment;
?: G3 Division, 101st Airborne Division;
?: Commanding Officer, 506th Parachute Regiment;
?: 82nd Airborne Division;
?: Armed Forces Staff College;
?: Instructor, Airborne Battalion, The Infantry School;
?: Army War College;
?: Faculty member, Naval War College;
1953: Commanding Officer, 35th Infantry Regiment;
May 1954: G2, 8th US Army;
October 1954: Intelligence Staff, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
January 1956: Assistant Division Commander, 101st Airborne Divison;
July 1957: Deputy Commander / Chief of Staff, XVIII Airborne Corps;'
1959: Chief, United States Military Advisory Group, Cambodja;
July 1961: Commanding Officer, 2nd Infantry Division;
September 1962: Chief of Staff, United States Strike Command;
July 1964: Deputy Chief of Staff / Acting Chief of Staff, Allied Forces, Central Europe;
December 1966: Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Headquarters, United States Army, Europe / 7th Army;
April 1967: Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Headquarters, United States Army, Europe / 7th Army;
July 1968: Retirement.

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Ridder vierde klasse der Militaire Willems Orde (MWO.4)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant Colonel
Unit:: Commanding Officer, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: November 14th, 1946
Awarded for:: Operation Market Garden

Royal decree no.35

Ridder vierde klasse der Militaire Willems Orde (MWO.4)

Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Rank:: Major General
Awarded on:: July 31st, 1968

"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility, during the period from May 1956 through May 1968."

Department of the Army, General Orders No. 38

Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Officier in de Kroonorde

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Commanding Officer, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army

With palm

Croix de Guerre 1940

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Commanding Officer, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army

With palm

Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Commanding Officer, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army

With palm

Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant Colonel
Unit:: Executive Officer, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army

Citation:
"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against the enemy as Executive Officer, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, during World War II."

Legion of Merit - US Military

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Colonel

Citation:
"For exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as G-3, 101st Airborne Division, from 1943 to 1945."

Legion of Merit - US Military

Rank:: Colonel

Citation:
"For exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer, 35th Infantry Regiment, and as G-2, EIGHTH Army, in Korea, from 1953 to 1954."

Awarded in the form of a bronze oak leaf cluster to be worn on the ribbon of the first LoM.