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ALBERT GEORGE CHRISTY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 17, 1944 – February 10, 1969
Service recordAlbert George Christy JR, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 4
- RICHARD LANE COTTERSecond Lieutenant · February 10, 1969
- LONZO SILAS CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- BARRY VICTOR DETREMPECorporal · February 10, 1969
- CARL EDWARD GOLDSMITH JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1969
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
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.