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CHRISTOPHER ORAN BOLSTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 10, 1947 – December 13, 1968
Service recordChristopher Oran Bolster, of Pomona, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 13
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Pomona, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 13
- WILLIE C WALKERCorporal · December 12, 1968
- JOHN SCOTT ALBRIGHT IICaptain · December 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY ALLEYFirst Lieutenant · December 13, 1968
- RONALD LEO NIEWAHNERSergeant · December 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEON ROY FIELDSergeant First Class · Panel 36W, Line 15
- GILBERT STEVENS BELL JRSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 17
- WILLIE JAMES MCCLENDONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 17
- DAVID WAYNE PIERCEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 18
- RAYMOND JOHN WESTCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 20
From Pomona
- RICHARD CHRISTIAN SATHERLieutenant (junior grade) · August 5, 1964
- JOHN WESLEY COBBPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- DOUGLAS EARL MURRAYSergeant · November 5, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- RONALD JEROME HENRYLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FORTNERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1967
- MARVIN HALL TERRYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS ANTHONY ECKLSpecialist Four · February 20, 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.