Sgt Chase, Clement - Obituary

gt Chase, Julian Clement Sgt Julian Clement Chase, 22, a resident of Washington, D.C, and Edgewater, Maryland, died on Memorial Day, May 28, 2012 during combat operations in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. Julian was born March 28, 1990 in Washington, D.C. to Thomas Chase and Bell Clement, and was a 2008 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School. After graduation, he enlisted in the US Marine Corps and completed boot camp at Parris Island, S.C. He was serving a second tour of duty in the Helmond province at the time of his death. He earned the Navy/Marine Corp Commendation Medal with battlefield distinguishing device, for valor, on his first deployment to Afghanistan and was posthumously was awarded the Purple Heart. His interests included photography, writing, playing guitar and target shooting. He was also a huge history buff. Julian was predeceased by his grandparents Robert R. and Olga Chase, Sr. He is survived by his father, Thomas B Chase and stepmother, Pam of Edgewater; his mother, Bell Clement of Washington, D.C.; two stepbrothers, George Stebbing of Hellem, PA and Jason Stebbing of Waldorf, MD and his grandparents, George and Anna Clements of Boulder, Colorado. Also survived by his uncles, David Chase and Mark, Eric and Owen Clements Friends may call on Tuesday, June 5, from 1 to 7pm at Chesapeake Christian Fellowship, 377 W. Central Avenue, Davidsonville, MD 21035, where funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 6 at 11am. Interment with full military honors will be held at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, www.woundedwarriorproject.org, P.O. Box 758517 Topeka, Kansas 66675 or to the Fisher House Foundation, www.fisherhouse.org, 111 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20850. For your convenience, an online guest book is available at www.kalasfuneralhomes.com