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CHRIS DELANO MUNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 17, 1945 – October 3, 1968
Service recordChris Delano Munson, of Tropic, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 71
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Tropic, Utah (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 71
- MICHAEL LESTER MCCAFFERTYSpecialist Five · October 3, 1968
- CALVIN EUGENE MCGILTONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS MCGUIRESpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- DENVER MOORE JRCorporal · October 3, 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.