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CHRISTOPHER J CHILDS III
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 4, 1939 – May 9, 1970
Service recordChristopher J Childs III, of Augusta, Maine, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 4
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
- Still Photographic Specialist (84B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- December 4, 1939
- Home of record
- Augusta, Maine (Kennebec County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 4
- FRANKIE CARL VASSAURCorporal · May 8, 1970
- HARRY LUTHER BUCHERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- BILL DUAYNE CARPENTERSergeant · May 9, 1970
- DAVID JOSEPH CORPUSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS JOHN ITRISpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 6
- RONALD SIDNEY LOWESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 7
- RAYMOND LOUIS PARADISPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 8
- LARRY CLAYTON YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 10
From Augusta
- RICHARD W ARNOLDSpecialist Six · March 13, 1966
- EDWIN MATTI KAHKONEN JRLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- GREGORY CORNELIUS QUINNPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- GILBERT STEVENS BELL JRSergeant · December 13, 1968
- RAYMOND JOSEPH BECHARDStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1969
- RONALD IRVING KIRKPATRICKSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- NORMAN JOSEPH CHAVARIECorporal · July 21, 1969
- GILBERT CRAIG TURNER JRStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES GOGGINSergeant · April 26, 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.