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CHRIS C VURLUMIS
Captain · U.S. Army
October 7, 1938 – June 8, 1966
Service recordChris C Vurlumis, of Oakland, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 25
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1938
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 25
- THOMAS LEEONAS YOHNPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- JAMES HOWARD BAKER JRFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT IRA BUSHCaptain · June 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD EUGENE CHRISTIEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 19
- REUBEN L CLARK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 19
- ROCKFORD WAYNE GODDARDSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 21
- ROBERT ALLEN HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 22
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 22
- ELADIO R MARROQUIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 22
- MICHAEL EUGENE OGUINNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 23
- THOMAS LEEONAS YOHNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 25
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- GARY ALLAEN MACHADOPrivate First Class · July 6, 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.