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CHRISTOPHER JOHN BIGLEY
Private · U.S. Army
March 6, 1950 – May 21, 1971
Service recordChristopher John Bigley, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1971, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 44
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1971; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 44
- CHARLES MARION CRAWFORDSergeant Major · May 21, 1971
- ALVIN CHRISTOPHER CURRYSergeant · May 21, 1971
- THOMAS FRANCIS DELEHANTSergeant First Class · May 21, 1971
- JOE FRANK GAYOSSOPrivate First Class · May 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD BODDIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 43
- DAVID BENJAMIN MATYKIEWICZSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 46
- JAMES EDWARD TIGHESpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 47
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
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.