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CHRIS ROGER BEHM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1952 – September 30, 1971
Service recordChris Roger Behm, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Armament Repairman (45J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 1, 1952
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1971; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 30
- PHILIP ROBERT WAGNERSergeant · September 28, 1971
- ROBERT WAYNE WENDTStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1971
- DONALD EVERETT PIERPOINTSergeant Major · September 29, 1971
- ALBERT THOMAS BALLSpecialist Four · September 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK CONRAD HEBERTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 31
- RONALD GLENN RICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 31
- THOMAS RODGERS STANSBURYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 32
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.