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CHRISTOPHER ROBERT HARTLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 21, 1945 – June 3, 1968
Service recordChristopher Robert Hartley, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 19
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
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- June 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 19
- ROBERT LEWIS WESTLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- AVERY WILDERSergeant · June 2, 1968
- RANDALL LEE WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · June 2, 1968
- DALE ERNEST BADGLEYCorporal · June 3, 1968
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 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.