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CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL WINTERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 2, 1950 – May 15, 1971
Service recordChristopher Michael Winters, of Rutherford, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Rutherford, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 36
- CLYDE DAVISSpecialist Four · May 15, 1971
- STEPHEN JAMES HADLEYSergeant · May 15, 1971
- CHARLES THOMAS MEADOWSSpecialist Four · May 15, 1971
- THOMAS EDWARD SNOWDENSergeant · May 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 36
- THOMAS EDWARD SNOWDENSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 36
From Rutherford
- DAVID SHIELDSSergeant · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT CAROVILLANOSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- MALCOLM FAIRCHILD TASSEYFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1967
- LANNY WILLIAM PHIPPSLance Corporal · December 7, 1968
- WAYNE HOWARD RUSSELLSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH KEINPrivate First Class · July 29, 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.