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CHRISTOPHER LANDIS KURTZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1949 – May 22, 1968
Service recordChristopher Landis Kurtz, of Long Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 12
- DANIEL JAMES KEATING JRMajor · May 22, 1968
- EDMUND JOSEPH KELLYStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES S KIRKLAND JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD KNEBELChief Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.