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CHRISTOPHER HENRY INAY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1948 – October 11, 1968
Service recordChristopher Henry Inay, of Wapato, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 11, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 47
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Wapato, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 47
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HOOGTERPPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- ALVIN RUTHERFORD HOOVER IIISergeant · October 11, 1968
- DENNIS CLARENCE JERDETPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- URBAN HAROLD JOHANNES JRSpecialist Four · October 11, 1968
From Wapato
- FORREST LEE RAMOSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
- LEONARD MIRAMONTEZLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- LEON LOUIS VIVETTELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JUAN SANCHEZ OZUNASergeant · December 15, 1967
- DONALD GARY DILLARDSpecialist Four · August 12, 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.