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CHRISS LESLIE ROEDIGER
Captain · U.S. Army
October 10, 1945 – October 8, 1969
Service recordChriss Leslie Roediger, of Fair Oaks, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 52
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Fair Oaks, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 52
- BRADLEY ROGERS RANSOMCaptain · October 8, 1969
- SYLVESTER WILLIAM REDMANTechnical Sergeant · October 8, 1969
- MAX EMMANUEL ROSENFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1969
- JOSEPH SLAVENSKY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES TIMOTHY LUSCINSKICaptain · Panel 17W, Line 51
- ROBERT JAMES WATKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 17W, Line 53
From Fair Oaks
- LAWRENCE ALAN BRITTENCaptain · March 30, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD HUMPHREYCaptain · November 26, 1966
- ALGER EDGAR DURELL JRSpecialist Four · April 6, 1967
- RANDALL BRIAN RAINVILLEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- KENNETH DALE STRAINAirman · July 29, 1967
- DAVID LLOYD WIGHTMAN IIISpecialist Four · August 3, 1967
- DENNIS KARL SHOWERSSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD CHESTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 27, 1968
- CLIO C FEATHERSTON JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- JOHN CARL GUENTHER JRSergeant · June 29, 1969
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.