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ALBERT KRISUNAS CHRISTY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 4, 1938 – March 17, 1966
Service recordAlbert Krisunas Christy, of Mercer, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1938
- Home of record
- Mercer, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 17
- CHARLIE C WALKERPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- JERRY G WINSLOWSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- CHARLES A ZIONTSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN LEE IVPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 18
- JOHNNIE MERRITT TENONStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 19
From Mercer
- CARL JAMES FORRESTERSergeant · February 1, 1966
- DAVID ELROY BAUNSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- RICHARD LEE MCNEISHPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- MILES BRADLEY HEDGLINPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- MERLE ROBERT HIGGINSSergeant · June 5, 1969
- MAURICE EDWIN GARRETT JRCaptain · October 22, 1971
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.