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CHRISTOPHER DELBERT BANGS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 1, 1946 – April 2, 1969
Service recordChristopher Delbert Bangs, of Carmichael, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 106
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Carmichael, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 106
- RICHARD ALLEN THURSBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD VANDUSENPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- DALE ARNOLD YATEMANWarrant Officer 1 · April 1, 1969
- PAUL HAROLD ABRAHAMSergeant · April 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ROY GORRILLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 107
- VERNE ELDON LOCHNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 27W, Line 1
- RICHARD CRAIG JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 2
From Carmichael
- JAMES EDWARD SCHLOTTMANSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT DOUGLAS ANDERSONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT SCOTT BYRNESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- STEPHEN DARRELL MAZZASpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- STEPHEN FORREST CHUTEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- ERNEST JAMES STIDHAMFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1968
- DONALD RAY COOPERCorporal · April 8, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES PIGGSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD MORFORDSergeant · February 12, 1970
- LARRY JOE MEADORSpecialist Five · August 3, 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.