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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OAKES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 21, 1945 – August 25, 1966
Service recordChristopher Columbus Oakes, of Bessemer, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Bessemer, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 45
- RAYMOND MASSIE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- RONALD LEE WATSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- JAMES TERRY BEASLEYCorporal · August 26, 1966
- JOHN JAMES BLANTONPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PETER HENRY ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 34
- TERRY LEE ALEXANDERSpecialist Five · Panel 10E, Line 34
- ALFRED JUNE AMBURGEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 35
- ADRIAN JAMES ANGLIMStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 35
- HERBERT STEPHEN BECHTELPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 35
- GYORGY JANOS BESZESpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 35
- RAYMOND AUGUSTA BROOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 36
- MAX L BRUBAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 36
- JOSEPH EDWARD CANDEASSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 37
- RICHARD DEWYATT CLARKMajor · Panel 10E, Line 37
- THOMAS EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 37
- LEO CHESTER DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 37
- JOHN FRANCIS DOYLESpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 37
- OLIVER DEWITT DUMASSergeant First Class · Panel 10E, Line 38
- LAURENCE JOHN DUNNSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 38
- JAMES WAYNE EMERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 38
- CARL LEE GLASSCOCKSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 39
- VERNON GILBERT HOLLIFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 39
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 40
- ELIAS MAULILI KAUHANESergeant First Class · Panel 10E, Line 40
- LARRY ROBERT KELMPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 40
- ARTHUR G KLIPPENSecond Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 40
- PETER STANLEY KNIGHTMajor · Panel 10E, Line 40
- SAMUEL JAMES LARKINSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 41
From Bessemer
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CORDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- MACK ARTHUR WAREPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY LAGRANDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- NATHANIEL HARRISSpecialist Four · October 18, 1967
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.