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ADOLPHUS CHRISTOPHER
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1927 – July 15, 1969
Service recordAdolphus Christopher, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 123
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. Army
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Engineering Supervisor (51H)
- Born
- December 21, 1927
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 123
- JOHN EDWARD BLINERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- PAUL JOSEPH BRAGGLance Corporal · July 15, 1969
- ARNIM N BRAITHWAITECorporal · July 15, 1969
- STEPHEN JOHN BRENNANPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.