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CHRISTOPHER CASIAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 23, 1949 – February 23, 1969
Service recordChristopher Casias, of Woodland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 93
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Woodland, California (Yolo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 93
- JOSE LEOPOLDO LUJANSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- EDWIN DOUGLAS CASWELLSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- PAUL FRANKLIN CLARKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- RAYMOND ALLEN COLECorporal · February 23, 1969
- BENNYE WARREN COWLEYLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT RAYMOND GRANTSergeant First Class · Panel 31W, Line 1
- GERALD WAYNE GWALTNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 2
- ANDREW MARION MATTIEPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 10
- THEODORE J PAWLOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 18
- MICHAEL EDWARD SIDORSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 21
From Woodland
- DAVID JOSEPH BOYLESeaman · February 14, 1966
- JAMES GEORGE SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 26, 1967
- BRADLEY OLEN TILLINGHASTSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ARTHUR FRED MIRAMONTESPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT LEE STEWARTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS LOUIS ROSSIPrivate · February 14, 1969
- GEORGE DEWEY BROOKSHIREPrivate First Class · September 1, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES SHINNStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1970
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.