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CHRISTOPHER JO OSULLIVAN
Captain · U.S. Army
June 21, 1936 – May 30, 1965
Service recordChristopher Jo Osullivan, of Astoria, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 21, 1936
- Home of record
- Astoria, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 128
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- ROY LYNWOOD MURPHYLance Corporal · May 29, 1965
- TYRONE BRUCE CARSONSergeant · May 30, 1965
- WILLIE DONALD TYRONEStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1965
From Astoria
- HECTOR LOPEZPrivate · October 6, 1965
- GRIJALBA HUMBERTO RONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- JOSEPH FRANK SMITHPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BARZANSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- JOSEPH JAMES DODDPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CRISCISpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RUSSELL LOUIS FILIBERTISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL AGAZZIPetty Officer Third Class · September 29, 1967
- GILBERT DIAZLance Corporal · January 28, 1968
- DANIEL VICTOR MICHELPrivate First Class · March 12, 1968
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.