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CHRISTOPHER GEO MORBITZER
Captain · U.S. Army
June 19, 1947 – August 19, 1971
Service recordChristopher Geo Morbitzer, of Petersburg, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1971, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 134
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Petersburg, Virginia (Petersburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1971; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 134
- MELVIN LEE WEAKSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1971
- JEROME ALBERT BROWDER JRSergeant First Class · August 19, 1971
- DANIEL EUGENE GOODINSpecialist Four · August 19, 1971
- BRUCE MORGANSpecialist Four · August 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JEROME ALBERT BROWDER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 134
From Petersburg
- CALVIN L CHEIVESSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- JAMES AARON DICKENSSergeant · February 8, 1967
- THOMAS RALPH WELLSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- BILLY RANDOLPH JEFFERSONCorporal · October 7, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE WARRENPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH BACH IIICaptain · April 20, 1969
- CALVIN EDWARD COOKECorporal · May 22, 1969
- WILLIE HOOPER JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD ROYESergeant First Class · November 10, 1970
- ROBERT LEE PULLIAMStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1971
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.