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BERNHARD M CHRISTIANSEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 27, 1949 – April 12, 1969
Service recordBernhard M Christiansen, of Willingboro, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 62
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Willingboro, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 62
- LARRY DELYNN CHANDLERSergeant · April 12, 1969
- DUANE ROSS DAVISPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- ERNEST LEO DESOTOColonel · April 12, 1969
- JOSE RENTERIA DIAZSergeant · April 12, 1969
From Willingboro
- MATTHEW JOHN DAVERNSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
- ALFRED SEVENSKIPrivate · November 5, 1966
- RANDALL M CAMPBELL IIIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- JOHN KARL TOOKELance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH CRAIGPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- FRANK SCHUSTERCorporal · March 27, 1968
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.