- SURNAME
Chase
- FORENAME
Levi Richard
- UNIT
2 Air Commando Group (Ops Officer/Deputy C.O.)
- RANK
Lieutenant Colonel
- NUMBER
0-426365
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
Burma 1945
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 1917 Cortland,New York
graduated Cortland High School 1936
attended Syracuse University 1937-40
Army Air Corps February 1941 (Cadet)
commissioned 2Lt September 1941
8 Pursuit Group
58 Pursuit Squadron/33 Pursuit Group
60 Fighter Squadron (C.O)
1 Fighter Command HQ (asst ops officer)
Base Commander,Hills Grove Army Air Field,New York
2 Air Commando Group (Ops Officer + Deputy C.O.) (LtCol)
c.o. 1 Provisional Group
served Korea and Vietnam
retired as MajGen 1.12.1973
awards include Silver Star with 2 oak leaf clusters,Legion of Merit,
D.F.C. with 5 oak leaf clusters,Bronze Star,Air Medal with 27 oak leaf clusters,D.F.C. and bar (GB),Croix de Guerre with palm (Fr) 1942
died 4.9.1994
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