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CHRISTOPHER HUGH MARKEY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1945 – January 6, 1970
Service recordChristopher Hugh Markey, of Birmingham, Michigan, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 5
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- March 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1970; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 5
- RUSSELL WILLIAM KAYSERCorporal · January 6, 1970
- JOSEPH ALFRED LOZANOCorporal · January 6, 1970
- EARL WILLIAM MARLIN JRSpecialist Four · January 6, 1970
- BERYL GENE PETERSSergeant · January 6, 1970
From Birmingham
- SAMUEL GIZZI ORLANDOHospitalman Apprentice · March 4, 1966
- DAIN W MILLIMANMajor · November 10, 1966
- JOHN HENRY BOUDREAUCorporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN EARLE KLETTHospitalman · September 21, 1967
- THOMAS MILTON THATCHERLance Corporal · September 24, 1967
- DAVID LOUIS PERKETTPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- TERENCE RAYMOND ROACH JRSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD ANGERMANPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- DAVID TERRENCE JUDDSergeant · August 23, 1968
- LARRY STEVEN WEILFirst Lieutenant · May 14, 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.